NOT sure about NIS.
IT seems that the tool was needed in 2006-2008 i just watched a video and it seems that no tool is required anymore... hoewever the guy used the uninstaller in safe mode and he doesnt show the registry, no need to light a fire and make smoke signals, you can keep your firewood ready i will try it once my sub ends.
And i will inform you guys how it went and what will be left over.

 

Why do most PCs come bundled with Norton? Because Norton can't sell the shit. Hell, they can't even GIVE it to most savvy PC users.

Quoting RedneckDude,

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I already know, I just removed it from my brand new Dell laptop. (As I do every machine I own that has Norton on it.)

What version did you run?
Was it Norton Internet Security, Security or Norton Antivirus ?
v. 2014/2015?

Edit:
I looked for some answers while drinking me morning coffee "might" found some.

Just looked at the website seems that most of you run the "Security package" and i guess that is where it gets messed up)
Symantec did remove Norton Antivirus which was a solo application until late Oktober 2014.

Source: http://www.itmagazine.ch/Artikel/58089/Norton_Antivirus_wird_von_Symatec_eingestampft.html


It then started to only sell the NIS/Security package that comes with the home made Firewall.
And bunch of other stuff nobody needs...
So if you bought a sub after that you been injected with NIS or Security.

What is the difference...
This is the latest version i run                                                                                       compared to what others run.
And i guess this is supposed to be new???

with Protection Updates from 2014   You are protected   

NIS didn't exist when Norton was fucking with my computer.

Back then it was NAV.

I imagine they reinvented themselves to distance themselves a little from the bad reputation they well deserved.

It was Nov 2002

It was NIS, don't know what version, but as I said.....BRAND NEW Dell laptop. So, it would follow that it was the 2015 version.

Just run what comes with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Security Essentials/Windows Defender and you will be fine if you don't go and do stupid stuff on the Internet, like visiting WAREZ sites, porn sites, etc. If you frequent sites that you know could give you a virus, then you're just asking for it. I have been using MSE since it's inception, and I have NEVER had a Virus or Malware/Trojan problem.

Dunno about Warez sites, but I have two nephews who frequent porn sites and rarely if ever get infected.  Then I have another nephew, and aspiring musician and songwriter, who has come to me several times to have his machine cleaned of nasties he picked up on various music related sites.... which in a way makes sense.  Lots of people like porn, but music is universal  There's a running joke between the three of them... that it pays to be a pervert and not a muso.

And No, he's not into downloading music, legal or otherwise.  He's into music creation/production and therefore is on the lookout for tools of the trade and similarly minded others... musicians to jam with, etc.

^

to show you i downloaded a low risk dropper the file was still in compressed form.
The path/destination for this file, even though it was simply blocked and therefore deleted immediatly, can be seen on the bottom right of the picture. 
Otherwise you would find that same information under quarantine by using the dropdown menu displayed at 1-2 

BitDefender is a good proggy [unlike any flavour of Norton] ....I used it on my prime machine for several years...prior to Win 7.

They were a little slow getting compatible...and I needed something sooner rather than later [very early adopter of 7] so switched to Kaspersky and dumped half a year of sub in the process.

Kaspersky has been 'painless' since before 7 went RTM ...

I was just paid today to remove Norton from a brand new laptop, and install AVG.

Just saying.

The detection rate of Norton AV 2014 was/is great, I ran it for quite some time and I’m fucking picky.

It’s fast real fast - even faster than Bitdefender AV 2015 Plus + it has a better UI + it provides the user with detailed information about the detected file.
The user remains in full control. 

Norton NAV is even rated as one of the best AV by Malwarebytes, they even recommended it.
You think they would recommend something that doesn’t work as intended? You do?

I also get paid on my study’s to put the cables that have become loose back into the PC, mostly of people that rather stare at a black monitor for half an hour before even thinking that the cable might be the cause.
We call them morons  but they pay well
Also not even a SUPERANTIUNIVIRUS if one existed could save them, because they execute files that are marked as high risk anyways.

Bet next week he/she will be telling you that the rig is slow as fuck only for you to open the browser and find a clusterfuck of smileys and add-ons that make up 2/3 of the browser window, blinking and glowing greater than the streets of Amsterdam close to midnight.

Wish you fun in advance.
No offense RND i had a bad day and need to lose some steam.
As long as they pay you its all good.