Remove Norton And Wajam

[wendyl]

I am setting up a new laptop HP Pavilion i5 8g 1tb with windows 8 Unfortunately it has Norton preloaded and I wish to remove also when setting up discovered also have wajam which I also wish to remove. Then I wish to instal microsoft security essentials . Help please and advice many thanks

[Maydup]

Download the Norton removal tool from here

https://support.norton.com/sp/en/uk/home/current/solutions/kb20080710133834EN_EndUserProfile_en_us

[Buenchico]

Maydup has provided the correct link for getting rid of Norton.

I've never even heard of Wajam but their website seems to provide the information you need:
http://www.wajam.com/howto/uninstall

Last year, after MSE failed several independent tests, Microsoft admitted that it's not as good as they'd like it to be. Consider something else instead, such as Avast!
http://www.avast.com/en-gb/index

[Buenchico]

PS: Windows 8 has Windows Defender (which replaces MSE anyway) built into it.

[wendyl]

Thanks for your prompt and very helpful responses Maydup and Buenchico. I will settle for windows defender ( not only was machine loaded Norton, salesman tried to sell me McAfee too!) Do I need to install any other security? I have downloaded Firefox in preference to Internet Explorer and set up a required Live email as I have a fairly new Windows 8 phone too

[Buenchico]

>>>Do I need to install any other security?

It's a good idea to install the free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. (When installing, take care to deselect the option to try a free trial of the full 'PRO' version). It only runs 'on demand', rather than 'in the background', so you need to remember to run a 'quick' scan once every few weeks. (NB: 'Quick' often means longer than half an hour!)
https://www.malwarebytes.org/free/

[Wajam]

Hello Wendy, please find the official instructions to uninstall Wajam right here: http://bit.ly/removeWJ If you need any extra help or have other questions, please don't hesitate to contact us directly. Contact info: http://www.wajam.com/contact

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qP65-RJjLY