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
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MAGNUMHEART
can u post a tutorial on how to uninstall manually common programs
thx ^^
VG
^^ When we uninstall a program, Windows removes its files from "Program Files" folder, "Common Files" folder (If present), "Windows" folder, "Application Data" folder (If present). It also removes its entries from registry. Manually uninstalling a program is very hard as you can't find all locations where a particular software stored its files.
MAGNUMHEART
yes i know it's very hard to find some directories
because sometimes programs uses id strings that doesnt include
their name, ryt?
one thing bothers me. how can i use the full compatibility
of search in windows 7
how can i put options and parameters like in xp
i can include system files and hidden folders.
how can i do the same in windows 7.
and when i search in D:
how can i include all subdirectories in D: drive. ^^
thx. just not getting used to windows 7 search.
MAGNUMHEART
i know some settings are included in folder and search opts.
but somehow it tooks longer for me than me searching in xp
and sometimes it doesnt gets anything.
VG
^^ Windows 7 is very much different from XP. So you can't get each and every function of XP search in 7. But I'm sure, the more you use Windows 7 Search, the more you like it.