Where is the startup demeon located in? I need to kill it.

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I'm trying to delete and uninstall an old version of Norton Utilities, but it keeps popping up a dialog at startup telling me that Norton Utilities has detected a new version of Mac OS.
I found out Norton keeps crashing my system (from the crash log) and corrupting my disk volume because the FileSaver keeps changing my disk volume info. I have used their uninstaller to uninstall it but it couldn't find any Norton existing. I manually deleted every Norton trace in Application Support folder, Library folder, Preference Pane folder, Preferences folder. I did a SpotLight search on all traces of "Norton" and "Symantec" and delete them all. I also looked at the Startup Items in Account preference, and none exist there.
But the startup demeon still pops up, so Norton still exists somewhere, most likely under unix directory. I need to delete it because it keeps screwing up my disk volume info, and crashing me randomly. So where does unix's startup demeom live?
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Answer 1

Symantec Uninstaller 1.0.2 – Mac OS X – VersionTracker is the official uninstaller. Otherwise see,
Uninstalling Software: The Basics
Most OS X applications are completely self-contained "packages" that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash. Applications may create preference files that are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space. If you want you can look for them in the above location and delete them, too.
Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process.
Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the "-" button to delete it from the list.
If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term. Unfortunately Spotlight will not look in certain folders by default. You can modify Spotlight's behavior or use a third-party search utility, Easy Find, instead. Download Easy Find at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
There are also several shareware utilities that can uninstall applications:
AppZapper
CleanApp
Yank
SuperPop
Uninstaller
Spring Cleaning
Look for them at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
For more information visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on removing software.