Useful programs. Complete removal of antivirus from a computer

1. Uninstall Avira antivirus using standard Windows tools: click Start - Control Panel - Programs (Windows 2000 / XP) or Uninstall a program (Windows Vista / 7). Wait for the list of installed programs to appear and press the line of the installed Avira product once. Click " Delete"in the line next to (Windows 2000 / XP) or the top line (Windows Vista / 7). If necessary, confirm the account management request by clicking" Continue "and confirm the removal of the program. Then restart the computer. If you see a message in the process If there is a deletion error or there is no Avira in the list of installed programs, go directly to step 2. Download and run the Avira RegistryCleaner program.

How to remove Avast antivirus?   Complete removal of Avast antivirus from a computer

1. Uninstall Avast antivirus using standard Windows tools: click Start - Control Panel - Programs (Windows 2000 / XP) or Uninstall a program (Windows Vista / 7). Wait until a list of installed programs appears and once click the line of the installed Avast product. Click " Delete"in the line next to (Windows 2000 / XP) or the top line (Windows Vista / 7). If necessary, confirm the account management request by clicking" Continue "and confirm the removal of the program. Then restart the computer. If you see a message in the process If there is a deletion error or there is no Avast in the list of installed programs, go directly to step 2.

2. Download the Avast antivirus removal utility to your computer

4. Run the utility downloaded in step 2

5. If Avast antivirus was installed in a folder other than the default one, select it using the " ... "

6. Press the REMOVE button

7. Restart your computer

How to remove AVG antivirus?   Complete removal of AVG antivirus from a computer

1. Uninstall AVG antivirus using standard Windows tools: click Start - Control Panel - Programs (Windows 2000 / XP) or Uninstall a program (Windows Vista / 7). Wait until a list of installed programs appears and press the line of the installed AVG product once. Click " Delete"in the line next to (Windows 2000 / XP) or the top line (Windows Vista / 7). If necessary, confirm the account management request by clicking Continue and confirm the removal of the program. Then restart the computer. If you saw an error message in the process uninstall or there is no AVG in the list of installed programs, go directly to step 2.

How to remove Bitdefender antivirus?   Complete removal of antivirusBitdefender   from computer

1. Uninstall Bitdefender antivirus using standard Windows tools: click Start - Control Panel - Programs (Windows 2000 / XP) or Uninstall a program (Windows Vista / 7). Wait until the list of installed programs appears and once click the line of the installed Bitdefender product. Click " Delete"in the line next to (Windows 2000 / XP) or the top line (Windows Vista / 7). If necessary, confirm the account management request by clicking Continue and confirm the removal of the program. Then restart the computer. If you saw an error message in the process Uninstallation or there is no Bitdefender in the list of installed programs, go directly to step 2.

How to remove Trend Micro antivirus?   Complete removal of Trend Micro antivirus using the Trend Micro Diagnostic Toolkit

Attention:   First, find out if you are using a 32 or 64 bit OS.

2. Save the file, for example, on the desktop

3. Browse to the saved file

Attention:   Type "novirus" as the password.

6. Enter the appropriate folder: Support-Tool-32-bit Support-Tool-64-bit

7. Run the file SupportTool.exe

8. When the UAC window appears, select "Yes"

9. Click Uninstall after loading the Trend Micro Diagnostic Toolkit.

10. Uninstall Software.

11. Click Yes to confirm.

12. Wait for the program to be uninstalled.

13. Reboot the PC

How to remove antivirus Norton?   Complete removal of antivirus Norton   computer

Use the Norton Removal Tool to remove improperly installed products from Norton / Symantec.

1. Removing Norton Products Installed by Your Service Provider

2. Removing Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, or Norton 360 https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/...Profile_en_us?

3. Norton Security Suite or Norton Business Suite https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/...Profile_en_us?

How to remove G Data Antivirus?   Complete removal of antivirus G Data Antivirus   computerusing Mighty Uninstaller

• Download Mighty Uninstaller http://www.mightyuninstaller.com/MightyUninstaller_Setup.exe.
• Install Mighty Uninstaller
• Launch Mighty Uninstaller and scan your computer. It will take a few minutes.
• Select "Remove" to remove G DATA Antivirus from the list of programs.
• Uninstallation completed.

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How to delete Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 ?   Complete removalKaspersky Internet Security 2013 with   computer

In the process of uninstalling a Kaspersky Lab product using standard Windows tools (Control Panel -\u003e Add / Remove applications), errors may occur, as a result of which the application will not be uninstalled or will be partially uninstalled. The removal utility allows you to completely remove the following Kaspersky Lab products:

• Kaspersky Small Office Security 2 for Personal Computer / File Server
• Kaspersky CRYSTAL (all versions)
• Kaspersky Anti-Virus (all versions)
• Kaspersky Internet Security (all versions)
• Kaspersky Password Manager (all versions)
• AVP Tool driver
• Kaspersky Security Scan 2.0

For 64-bit OS versions, the uninstallation utility cannot remove Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 / 7.0 and Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 / 7.0.The utility deletes all license information. After its application, the newly installed product must be activated with an activation code.

To completely remove the program, follow these steps:

1. Save the utility to your computer:
   • Download the kavremover.zip archive, and then unzip it (for example, using WinZip) or
   • Download the kavremover.exe executable file.
2. Restart your computer in Safe Mode: Run the kavremover.exe file by double-clicking on it with the left mouse button.
   • For users of Windows 8
   • For users of Windows 7
   • For users of Windows Vista
   • For users of Windows XP
3. Enter the security code shown in the image into the field. If the code is not clearly visible, to re-generate the code, click on the refresh button to the right of the picture.
4. Select the Kaspersky Lab application that was installed on your computer from the Detected the following products menu. Click on the Delete button. If several Kaspersky Lab products are installed on the computer, select and remove them one by one.

The "Delete all known products" item is recommended to be used only in the most extreme cases when the utility does not detect a Kaspersky Lab product on the computer, but you are sure that you installed one of the Kaspersky Lab products.

1. The removal process may take some time.
2. Wait until a dialog box appears informing you that the product was successfully uninstalled.
3. Click on the OK button.
4. Reboot the computer.

By default, the removal log of the form kavremover xxxx-xx-xx xx-xx-xx (pid xxxx) .txt is saved in the utility location folder.

You can see the version of the downloadable utility kavremover.exe in the log file.

How to delete antivirus Dr.Web?   Complete removaldr.Web anti-virus with   computer

How to delete antivirus Mcafee?   Complete removalantivirus Mcafee   with   computer   using the special utility MCPR

If the automatic removal of McAfee antivirus has not been completed successfully, please follow the instructions below to completely remove the product from your computer:

1. If you are using the McAfee Anti-Theft or Intel Anti-Theft anti-theft service, deactivate the service before using the special removal utility.
2. Download and save the MCPR.exe utility (MCPR (C) McAfee, Inc) on your computer. You can find information on how to download the file on the following pages. Double-clicking on the MCPR.exe file.
   • For users of Windows 8
   • For users of Windows 7
   • For users of Windows Vista

After the McAfee product removal is complete (this process takes about a minute), the McAfee Cleanup window appears with the message (in English): Reboot required to remove all files. Would you like to reboot now? (translated into Russian: "To delete all files, the computer needs to be restarted. Do it now?"). Click on the Yes button.

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The first thing to try when uninstalling the antivirus is the standard uninstall via the control panel, using the Add or Remove Programs component.

If the antivirus is not in the list of installed applications, the antivirus uninstall file does not start, or an error appears when uninstalling the antivirus, then you need to use a special utility to remove the antivirus.

How to remove antivirus using AppRemover

  AppRemover - a free program to remove antivirus and firewalls in the Windows operating system. A program capable of removing antiviruses, in cases where in the usual way (through the Add or Remove Programs applet) the antivirus cannot be removed. There can be many reasons why the antivirus cannot be removed - an interrupted uninstallation procedure, disruption of the antivirus by virus programs, errors in the system, and so on.

  The claimed support for such popular antiviruses that AppRemover may try to remove:

• avast! Free antivirus
• Windows defender
• Avira Free Antivirus
• AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
• ESET Smart Security
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro
• AVG Internet Security
• Kaspersky Internet Security
• Norton Internet Security
• ESET NOD32 Antivirus
• COMODO Antivirus
• McAfee VirusScan
• Norton 360
• avast! Internet security
• Symantec Endpoint Protection
• Others.

In addition to removing antiviruses, the program is designed to clean the system of traces of antiviruses   - files, registry keys, services.
Download AppRemover Utility

If you were unable to remove the antivirus using the AppRemover utility, you can try special utilities designed specifically for a specific antivirus.

Free utilities to remove antiviruses.

How to remove avast antivirus from computer?

Before starting the utility, close all windows and programs. Since after the utility is running, the computer will automatically restart. To delete, run the utility and confirm the removal, click "Yes / Yes."

We wait. Upon completion, the computer will restart. After successful operation of the utility, AVG antivirus will be deleted from your computer.

How to remove Avira antivirus from computer?

Restart your computer to Safe Mode.

Locate and delete the following folders on the system drive:

C: \\ Program Files \\ Avira ... \\

C: \\ Documents and Settings \\ All Users \\ Application Data \\ Avira ... \\

C: \\ ProgramData \\ Avira ... \\

If the folders are not deleted, try renaming them, rebooting into “safe mode” again and trying to delete.

How to remove Bitdefender antivirus from computer?

It happens that the Bitdefender antivirus does not come out to be removed in the standard way, and then the Bitdefender_Uninstall Tool special utility will come in handy.

Launch the utility and press the "Uninstall" button. We are waiting for the completion and restart the computer. Done, the Bitdefender antivirus has been removed from your computer.

How to remove Comodo antivirus from computer?

Important!!!   If you can disable Sandbox, and Defense + and HIPS, you should try to do this. Right-click on the Comodo icon in the system tray, select Sandbox and Disable.

Further, to remove Comodo 6.x-7.x antivirus, run the corresponding utility from the archive (you need to run the program as administrator - right key, the context menu - "Run as administrator"). Now press key 1 and Enter. After continue to press the spacebar until the corresponding inscription appears. When the main menu appears, press 2 and Enter.

After the procedure, reboot the computer into safe mode and do the same.

Reboot the computer. Comodo Anti-Virus removed.

To remove Comodo 3.x-5.4 antivirus, run the appropriate utility, and select the program you want to remove. After the utility finishes, restart the computer.

How to remove Dr.Web anti-virus from a computer?

The downloaded utility must be placed on the desktop.

Run the ESETUninstaller.exe utility from the desktop.

When the window appears as in the screenshot, press the Y key in the English layout.

In the next window, as in the screenshot, with the product number selected, press 1 and then Enter.

In the next window, press the Y key in the English layout.

When the inscription Press any key to exit appears in the window, press any key on the keyboard. We reboot the computer. ESET antivirus nod 32 is completely removed from your computer.

How to remove McAfee antivirus from computer?

• McAfee AntiVirusPlus
• McAfee Internet Security
• McAfee LiveSafe
• McAfee Family Protection
• McAfee Online Backup
• McAfee Total Protection

Close all McAfee windows, as well as any open folders and programs.

1. Run the utility. When running in Windows Vista / 7/8, you must run the utility as administrator.
2. In the window that appears, click "Next".
3. Enter the generated code in the field and click "Next".
4. We are waiting for the utility to finish working and click "Restart" to reboot the system.
5. McAfee Anti-Virus will be removed from your computer.

How to remove Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus from computer?

1. Run the MicrosoftFixit * .msi file, check the box "I agree" and click "Next":
2. After the utility completes, close it and restart the computer.
3. After rebooting, Microsoft Security Essentials will be removed from your computer.

How to remove Symantec Norton antivirus from computer?

  The utility removes products such as:

• Norton 360 / Security Suite / Business Suite
• Norton add-on-pack
• Norton AntiSpam
• Norton AntiVirus (all versions)
• Norton Confidential Online
• Norton Ghost 2003
• Norton goback
• Norton Internet Security (all versions)
• Norton Password Manager
• Norton Personal Firewall
• Norton safety minder
• Norton SafeWeb
• Norton Save and Restore
• Norton security scan
• Norton systemworks

Run the appropriate utility and click "Next". After the utility works, reboot the system.

To remove Norton Security Scan, run NortonSecurityScan.exe. This utility runs in the background. When finished, restart your computer.

After a system reboot, all Symantec Norton products will be removed from the computer.

How to remove Outpost antivirus from computer?

Boot the computer in safe mode.

Unpack the archive with the clean.exe utility, launch it and click “yes” to start the process of uninstalling the antivirus.

After the end of work, the computer will restart, and Outpost antivirus and all its components will be completely removed from your computer.

How to remove Panda antivirus from computer?

Run the appropriate utility and click "Yes." Upon completion of the uninstall, a computer restart will be required. When the message "Thank you for waiting. Hit OK to reboot" appears, press the OK button and the computer restarts.

How to remove TrustPort antivirus from computer?

The utility removes products such as:

• TrustPort Antivirus 2012/13/14
• TrustPort Internet Security 2012/13/14
• TrustPort Total Protection 2012/13/14

Run the TrustPort Removal Utility (tpremove.exe) utility and select the product to remove:

Then click on "Remove" to begin the removal of TrustPort.
A reboot is required to complete the utility. Click "OK" to restart the computer.

After rebooting, TrustPort will be completely removed.

How to remove Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security anti-virus from a computer?

The utility removes products such as:

• AVP Tool Driver
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8, 10
• Kaspersky Internet Security 2009-2014
• Kaspersky Network Agent 8, 9, 10
• Kaspersky Password Manager
• Kaspersky PURE / CRYSTAL 1.0-3.0
• Kaspersky Security Scan
• Kaspersky Small Office Security
• Nifty Security24 Internet Security
• Nifty Security24 Internet Security 2013
• Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009-2014
• Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0
• Kaspersky Lab Network Agent 8.9

Run the kavremover.exe file. Agree with the license agreement and click "I agree" to run the utility:

Select the product you want to remove from the list, enter the security code and press the "Delete" button.

After the utility works, a window appears about the successful removal of Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Click ok.

The computer will restart and all Kaspersky Anti-Virus components will be removed from your computer.

If you have questions, ask in the comments. And note that some antiviruses on the utilities presented here may swear! Utilities are designed to remove antiviruses, therefore, they can be considered malicious, but antivirus manufacturers try to add such programs to the white list of their antiviruses.

At times, some users need to remove the antivirus program. The reason may be a change to another product or a desire to experiment with other antiviruses that will be more convenient. But in order to perform the removal, you need to know some nuances, so as not to create even more problems that will be more difficult to fix.

For example, incorrect removal of an antivirus can lead to many unpleasant consequences. To fix them, you will need a special program or long manipulations with the system. The article will step by step describe the correct removal of protection from your computer.

There are users who do not delete antivirus through "Control Panel", and through "Conductor"   the application data folder itself. You can’t do this categorically, because simply deleting files leaves the services active. If they do not find the necessary components, then the user will encounter all sorts of problems, starting from endlessly popping up windows with errors. before the conflict with the new antivirus software. There are several options for properly removing various protection in Windows.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus

Avast free antivirus

AVG Antivirus

Avira

Mcafee

ESET NOD32

Now clean the registry. The same CCleaner can handle this well.

Method 2: Uninstall Tool

Uninstall Tool is a special utility that specializes in the complete removal of all kinds of applications. 30 days free to get acquainted with all available tools. This utility is necessary for those whose applications are not completely removed by standard methods.

Many owners of computers or laptops installing trial versions of antiviruses subsequently wish to remove them and, as luck would have it, they will not succeed (fails).

There are reasons for this. The creators are doing everything possible so that their antivirus programs can not only remove, but even temporarily disable the viruses themselves - the result affects users.

So how to completely remove the antivirus from the computer? There are several options for this, three can be said. I'll start with the simplest and end with the most effective.

The easiest and fastest way to remove antivirus

To remove computer protector, you must disable it. It used to be simple, using the task manager and killing the process.

It will not work with modern ones, just because the antivirus cannot be disabled, especially removed. Even having entered the control panel in the category “programs and components”, this cannot be done (all other programs can be).

If you don’t want to download additional universals, then log into the Windows system in safe mode (disconnect the network without turning off the computer - after turning on, the line “enter in safe mode” will appear).

After that, you can safely remove any antivirus, only the tails in the registry will remain mandatory, although it will no longer work. To avoid this, there is a more advanced way.

Removing antivirus using special. programs

There are special programs for deleting files that are not deleted, including antiviruses. What I like most is the “Roar Unistaller”.

You can download it and read the instructions. After downloading and installing, you will see all the programs in the “Revo Unistaller” window located on your computer.

Choose (advanced / professional) and don’t worry, the program creates a restore point and you can fix it at any time (restore as it was before).

Maybe someone can’t remove the antivirus in this way, then there is another option.

What to do if you cannot remove the antivirus

It happens, and such, the antivirus is not removed and that’s it. What to do then? In this case, download a small file from here.

There you will find an individual program for each antivirus that will delete it with the rest (from the registry).

In order not to search for a long time, you can download the free program in Russian “AV.Uninstall.Tools.Pack”. There are all utilities for removing all antiviruses, it weighs approximately 100 MB. That's all. Good luck.

Many users had problems uninstalling the antivirus, which was installed by default during the installation of the operating system. They consist in the fact that the antivirus program does not want to be deleted. But if you adhere to some rules and strictly abide by them, then uninstalling the antivirus will not be difficult.

You must remember that there is no need to search for the antivirus folder in the Program Files directory and try to delete it. This will lead to a message on the screen about the impossibility to uninstall this file, because it cannot be accessed or is used by other applications. This means that the antivirus works even if it is completely closed. System services may be running.

In the future, it may be difficult to uninstall the antivirus utility, as some files are deleted, but without them it is impossible to completely eliminate the utility in a standard way.
  All users have long known that it is impossible to uninstall programs in this way, but this situation is the most common, as a result of which the antivirus is not deleted.

The correct way to delete

If the licensed antivirus and its files have not changed, then you can use the most correct and reliable method. The first step is to go to the Start menu and find the antivirus program folder here. By clicking on it, you can see the item "Uninstall antivirus" or Uninstall. You need to choose it.

After that, a window for removing the antivirus will open. This is a specially designed application designed to uninstall the antivirus utility from the operating system. After uninstalling, you must restart the PC to completely clean the system. You can also use a special application and clean the Windows registry.

If the "Start" did not have a directory with an antivirus program or links to it, then you need to use another method. To do this, you need to press the key combination Win + R on the keyboard. In the window that appears, you need to register the appwiz.cpl command and press Enter.

A list of installed programs will appear, among which will be an antivirus program. It must be selected and click on "Delete". At the end of the process, you must restart the computer.

It is worth remembering that some anti-virus programs, even with the correct removal, leave traces of themselves. To clean them, you need to download a free program to clean the registry and remove everything left from the antivirus.

Sometimes there are cases when an antivirus program does not want to be deleted even in the correct way. This happens due to the fact that the folder with the program was originally deleted, without which further uninstallation is impossible.

In this case, you need to start the PC in safe mode. Then go to the “Control Panel”, select “Administration”, and then “Services”. Here you need to disable all services that are related to the antivirus.

After that, you need to run the application to clean the system and delete all files associated with the antivirus program.

You should adhere to the above instructions, especially for novice users, because by inexperience you can bring the operating system to such a state that it becomes very difficult to remove the antivirus. Basically, beginners, when they see error messages, resort to reinstalling the operating system, which is not recommended. In this case, it is better to seek help from a more experienced user or specialist.