Norton Personal Firewall messages at startup won't go away

I used to have Norton Personal Firewall (NPF) installed on my G5 iMac. For some time now, whenever I start up, I get two messages related to NPF. The first one says that I have installed new system software and need to restart my computer. The second one says that NPF "cannot launch the kernel extension" and that "some features of NPF may not be enabled."
I have been just ignoring and closing both of these messages, but recently I have been doing a cleanup, deleting files I don't need any more, and when I recently upgraded my Norton Antivirus software, I decided that NPF was superfluous, since Mac OS Leopard (10.5.5) has its own firewall. I tried to use the Norton uninstaller to delete the program, but the uninstaller does not list NPF in its list of applications to uninstall. I have done a Spotlight search for any NPF-related files and have also deleted all my old System 9 folders. I'm still getting these messages, though. Has anyone else ever seen this problem, and do you have any suggestions?
Thanks!

Thank you very much, but this is an older version (1.0.2) of the Symantec Uninstaller that came with NAV (1.1.1). As I mentioned, when I open Uninstaller and it searches for installed applications, Norton Personal Firewall does not show up in the list. So I can't use the Uninstaller to uninstall NPF. But I appreciate your attempt to help me.
I wonder if somehow there are still some "residual" files remaining from NPF? If so, I have no idea how to find them, since they don't show up with a Spotlight search. Maybe it is something that is somehow embedded in the System?

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