Removal Tools and Methods for Uninstalling Major Antivirus Products

[Malware Removal Specialist]

Uninstalling an antivirus or any other program should always be done through Add/Remove Programs or by using a free third party uninstaller like Revo Uninstaller. Only use the below methods if the add/remove programs method fails.

• AVAST! Removal Tool - avast! uninstall utility
  

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• AVG Antivirus - AVG Antivirus Remover utility
  

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• Avira antivirus - Instructions for manual uninstallation of Avira
  

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• BitDefender Antivirus Removal Tool:
  
• Download the BitDefender Uninstall Tool
  First right-click on the red BitDefender icon near the system tray choose on Exit.
  Wait a few seconds. Afterwards double-click on the BitDefender uninstall tool.
  You will need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.
  

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• BullGuard Antivirus - Should the automatic uninstallation of BullGuard fail, you can use the special uninstallation tool
  

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• Computer Associates Manual Removal
  
• Uninstaller for CA Internet Security Suite 2007 & 2008
  
• Uninstaller for CA Internet Security Suite 2009
  

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• Comodo AntiVirus - Manual Steps to uninstall Comodo AntiVirus
  

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• Dr Web - Dr. Web Remover.exe
  

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• ESET NOD32 Antivirus Removal - How do I uninstall or re-install ESET Smart Security/ESET NOD32 Antivirus?
  
• ESET NOD32 Removal Tool (Dutch but works for all languages)
  

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• F-Secure products - F-Secure Uninstallation tool

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• G DATA AV-Cleaner - G DATA AVCleaner

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• Kaspersky Anti-virus Removal Tool - Removal tool for Kaspersky Lab products
  

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• McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool  - Use on McAfee, AOL distributions of McAfee, CA distributions of McAfee - McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool (MCPR.exe)
  

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• Microsoft OneCare Uninstall Cleanup Tool  (All versions; XP & Vista) - Windows Live Onecare Cleanup Tool.exe
  

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• ESET NOD32 Removal Tool - NOD32 Removal Tool.exe
  

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• Norton/Symantec Removal Tool - Norton Removal Tool
  

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• Norman antimalware - Norman Virus Control / Norman Internet Control - Note! This utility must under no circumstances be used on a computer running Norman Security Suite. Doing so might result in loss of network connection.

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• Panda Antivirus Uninstaller- Panda Uninstaller.exe
  

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• PC Tools Antivirus - PC Tools Community Forum - Uninstall PCTools
  

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• TrendMicro Products - How do I remove Trend Micro Internet Security Pro and Trend Micro Internet Security from my computer?
  

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• VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware - Sunbelt Software CS&VClean.exe
  

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• OPSWAT AppRemover - What is AppRemover? AppRemover enables you to thoroughly uninstall security applications such as antivirus and antispyware from your computer.
  

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• If necessary for any antivirus or other program try the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility - Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
  

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If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask in our forums.

Other security software removal tools - If you have any that are not listed please post it and I will update the list.

• Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Clean Utility

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• SUPERAntiSpyware Uninstaller Assistant

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• ThreatFire removal tool (for version 3 and  4)

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• ZoneAlarm Products

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Very cool. Thanks

[Global Moderator]

Mcafee's removal tool seems to be a broken link.

I found this though:
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507&lc=1033

[Malware Removal Specialist]

Fixed.

Thanks.

[Malware Removal Specialist]

*Updated to add Other security software removal tools.

- If you have any security sortware removal tools that are not listed please post it (with a link) and I will update the list. Thanks.

Kaspersky Anti-virus Removal Tool has been updated.  Now you can force the uninstall if it finds nothing.

http://support.kasperskyamericas.com/knowledge-base-article/1464

[Malware Removal Specialist]

Thanks somerman. Link updated.

Thank you very much. I found a collection of removal tools -

Thank you very much. I found a collection of removal tools -

AV Uninstall Tools Pack

[Moderator]

AV Uninstall Tools Pack

Stop spamming...

Very useful! Thanks!