Getting rid of Norton

Hi,
A friend made the mistake of installing Norton anti-virus software on her 10.5.8 Intel iMac. I deleted the application. Searches in the finder and spotlight for "Norton" yield no result.
Yet, she keeps getting Norton warning messages which we have to keep dismissing. Have I missed something I need to delete or alter related to Norton still in the computer?
Many thanks,
Neil

You need no knowledge of AppleScript. You should find the instructions in the link I gave you very simple to follow. In your Applications folder you should see a folder called “AppleScript”. In it you should see the app “Script Editor”. Double click it and Script Editor will open on your screen. It isn't scary -- it's basically just a large panel into which you put some text ("code"). In this case I have written the code for you and you don't have to understand any of it!
In the link I gave you select all the green text and copy it to your clipboard (Command-C). Click in the Script Editor panel and paste (Command-V). Click the “Compile” button. The text you pasted should change into a variety of colors and there should be no error message.
Now click the “Run” button. Fear not -- nothing bad will happen and you will be given clear messages on screen. Your Mac will tell you when the removals have been completed. Re-boot your Mac. In a few minutes time you will have nothing Norton left on your Mac! Hooray!
BTW, there is nothing "untrustworthy" about the Symantec/Norton Uninstallers -- it's just that none of them do a complete job. My script probably will. Give it a go!
Andreas

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