Uninstall problem - Webroot

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I don't need Webroot anymore, now that I have Norton for both antivirus and
spyware; besides, my Webroot contract has expired.

But webroot gets in the way, particularly on startup, and when I attempt to
uninstall it by any means, a warning box comes up stating that C\Program
Files\Webroot\Webroot Security\unins001.msg is missint, and I can't find that
file by searching my entire hard drive nor by searching backup files.

Webroot website previously has been singularly uncooperative. What do I do
now?
 
madmilt said:
I don't need Webroot anymore, now that I have Norton for both antivirus
and spyware; besides, my Webroot contract has expired.

But webroot gets in the way, particularly on startup, and when I attempt
to uninstall it by any means, a warning box comes up stating that
C\Program Files\Webroot\Webroot Security\unins001.msg is missint, and I
can't find that file by searching my entire hard drive nor by searching
backup files.

Webroot website previously has been singularly uncooperative. What do I do
now?
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Reinstall SpySweeper and then uninstall it again. Otherwise use the free
Revo Uninstaller but you need to be *very* careful when using it so you
don't delete the wrong things.

Malke
 
Leonard, the people who wrote the software clearly don't WANT me to
uninstall their software - for short-sighted economic reasons - that is why I
am asking someone else.
 
madmilt said:
I don't need Webroot anymore, now that I have Norton for both
antivirus and spyware; besides, my Webroot contract has expired.

But webroot gets in the way, particularly on startup, and when I
attempt to uninstall it by any means, a warning box comes up
stating that C\Program Files\Webroot\Webroot Security\unins001.msg
is missint, and I can't find that file by searching my entire hard
drive nor by searching backup files.

Webroot website previously has been singularly uncooperative. What
do I do now?
Click to expand...

Not a Microsoft Windows XP Security Admin issue, really.
(BTW - welcome to the "microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin"
newsgroup...)

Tried searching for help?

Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find
information on problems you may be having and solutions others have found:

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Example, given your problem description...
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+remove+webroot+manually

Seems maybe the WebRoot SpySweeper Removal Tool might be the way to go...
 
You might be trying to be a PITA to the OP with such useless posts as
these, but there is actually some truth to that vent. With MS and many
others, the assumption is that one would only want to upgrade, never
remove, so they don't bother to remove certain things, in particular
data files the program created and other files the program itself may
have created. MS in particular went to the extreme with these
assimptions and Norton Tools even worse for some unknown and I suspect
different reason.
Rather than asking the user if they might need to keep their data for
a reinstall or update, they just blindly (but intentionally) assume it
and so make the installs not only incomplete, but a wart on the ass of
progress.

Twayne`
 
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