Uninstalling any program from computer is quite simple task. Go to control panel, select add or remove program (or program and features), scroll the list, select desired program and click on uninstall. Sounds simple? Yup. But in case of antivirus, it is not. Sometimes antivirus software blocks itself from removal. On other hand even if you remove antivirus with help of uninstall option from control panel, still some traces are left behind in your PC. These small traces of previous un-installed antivirus software may create some problems. It may happen that you are installing a brand new antivirus program on your PC and you may run into an error, “You are already having antivirus software installed on your PC”. Sometimes your brand new antivirus may fail during its installation resulting into insecurity of your system. Sometimes your brand new antivirus may get installed successfully but it may throw several error while its operations. To avoid such issues you have to manually clean up your old antivirus software from your machine. So here is how to do that.
As you know there are several companies like Microsoft, Avast, Bitdefender, McAfee, F-Secure offer antivirus software. But the thing is that un-installation procedure is not same for any of them. Each company provides a separate un-installation tool for completely removing their antivirus software from your PC. Here we have listed some of them with their procedures and tool.
- AVIRA antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Avira GmbH’s website. - AVG antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on AVG Technologies’s website. - Avast antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Avast’s Website - BitDeffender antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on BITDEFENDER SRL’s website. - CA antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on CA, Inc.’s website. - VIPRE antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on GFI Software’s website. - eScan antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on MicroWorld Technologies, Inc.’s website. - ESET antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on ESET, LLC.’s website. - F-Secure antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on F-Secure Corporation’s website. - F-Prot antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on FRISK Software International’s website. - G DATA antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on G Data Software AG’s website. - K7 antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on K7 Computing Pvt. Ltd.’s website. - Kaspersky antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Kaspersky Lab ZAO’s website. - Kingsoft antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Kingsoft Research’s website. - McAfee antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on McAfee, Inc.’s website. - Outpost antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Agnitum Ltd.’s website. - Panda antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Panda Security, S.L.’s website. - Norton antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Symantec Corporation’s website. - Norman antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Norman ASA’s website. - Quick Heal antivirus software uninstallation Quick Heal Technologies
Instructions on Quick Heal Technologies (P) Ltd.’s website. - Sophos antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Sophos Ltd.’s website Sophos) - ThreatFire antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on PC Tools Limited’s website. - TrendMicro antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Trend Micro Incorporated’s website. - WebRoot antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Webroot Software, Inc.’s website. - Windows Security Essentials antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Microsoft Corporation’s website. - Windows Live OneCare antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Microsoft Corporation’s website. - Zone Alarm antivirus software uninstallation
Instructions on Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.’s website.