Norton Security Scan continue to settle

On my wife's computer (Vista Home Premium), I discovered today, Norton Security Scan . Neither my wife nor I have knowingly downloaded or installed this. We use any Norton (Symantec).

I've uninstalled it. When I restarted, after a few minutes, he himself installed again. This has happened every time that I uninstalled it and restarted.

After some research, I discovered that there is an entry "Run once":
nssstub.exe

I discovered nssstub.exe in the directory
C:\Windows\System32\Adobe\Shockwave11

I think that this must have been through the latest updates of Adobe, but for all I know it's a virus masquerading as a good faith security program.

In fact, I'm not even sure that nssstub.exe is the offending program, even if it looks like that.

Anyone know how I can properly get rid of Norton Security Scan program which continues to settle?

TIA

Oh wow, I found the answer!

It is a true unwanted program from Norton, so at least we know, it is not a virus (even if she acts like one).

The only way to get rid of it is apparently by editing the registry. Here's the answer (see number 3 response):

http://www.computing.NET/answers/security/what-is-nssstubexe/25178.html

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