Almost all of us use anti-virus program in our system. Some of us use a free anti-virus and some use a paid one.
Many times we want to uninstall our existing anti-virus program to install a new one because its always advisable to use only one anti-virus program at a time in our system as more than 1 anti-virus can cause lots of performance and stability issues.
Although we can uninstall the existing anti-virus using Windows "Add/Remove Programs" (or Programs and Features) applet but its not a perfect solution as sometimes it doesn't remove the program completely which can interfere with the newly installed anti-virus program.
So what to do? How can we uninstall the existing anti-virus completely? The answer is using the official uninstaller tool which is given by the anti-virus company. Almost all anti-virus companies provide an official uninstaller which can remove the anti-virus completely from your system. But finding the uninstaller tool is not an easy task, that's why we are giving here a list of uninstallers for almost all popular anti-virus software so that you can easily download them.
Just run the uninstaller's EXE file and follow the instructions. Restart your system and you are ready to install your new anti-virus software.
So here are the official uninstallers for various anti-virus programs:
Windows Live One Care
Norton
BitDefender
Download Link (32-bit)
Download Link (64-bit)
Kaspersky
Another Uninstaller (Unofficial)
NOD32
Trend Micro PC-Cillin
McAfee
F-Secure
Quick Heal
avast!
AVG
Download Link (32-bit)
Download Link (64-bit)
avira
Panda
CA
This article was posted in Security Zone, Software Zone, Troubleshooting.
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SaVvY
tnxx vg
Regine
Thank you so much. Very helpful!
Robero
Thanks VG.Saved me alot of time looking for the uninstaller I needed.Thanks once again.
FPSFan
Very helpful, but what about GDATA Antivirus? That's a pretty big installation/resource hogging antivirus that may need a little uninstaller.
Sharath
Oh my god this is fantastic
tanx a lot Vishal
kyo
is there any thread to manual remove virus (any kind ) ???
how to recognize dll,sys files is virus file or not ???
VG
^^ Check the "Virus Scan" thread.
Deepa
Hi Vishal !
I am not able to remove a programme supposed to be Mcafee from my computer. When I go for removing it, it asks for the source of the file VSE800.msi. Actually I had installed mcafee successfully. There is no folder existing anywhere - no program files exist - no tasks are running also. Could this be a virus ? Or is ti some registry problem ? I have scanned my PC with Avast and it says no virus found. I have checked all the drives for hidden files and there are no suspicious files.
Thanks and Regards.
VG
^^ Did you try the official uninstaller for McAfee given above?
Deepa
I tried the uninstaller MCPR from your website - but it did not work