Can't uninstall norton systemworks 3.0!

hello everyone,
i'm trying to uninstall norton systemworks 3.0 and i've not been able to do it.
when I click the uninstall from the CD it start and then it stop with window saying "ERRORUNKNWO" repeatedly and misspelled. I've downloaded the new uyninstaller and it dosn't work. I unstuff it fine and then when I click on it act as though its going to open but never does. I believe this is because its for mac os 10.4, I have 10.3.9.
I have no idea what to do. I went on the symantec site but it leads me in circles.... HELP anyone!
Thanks,
Mattia

Hi Mattia!
You'll find uninstall instructions here Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh 3.0.x.
Good Luck!
ali b

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