Uninstalling antivirus software does not usually cause problems on the computer system. It can however happen that errors occur during the process which can be problematic mainly because of the deep system integration of those software programs. Many antivirus developers have therefor created special uninstallers for their antivirus software programs to remove every file, changes and Registry entries from the target computer system. We covered antivirus software removal tools in our overview not long ago. It is also possible to rely on third party applications like Revo Uninstaller to remove the files and Registry settings of those antivirus programs from the system.
A rather new option is the universal antivirus software uninstaller AppRemover which can remove dozens of different security programs from a computer system. The main advantage for users is that they do not have to hunt down the removal tool for their specific application (some developers offer several tools that only work with specific editions).
The portable software program that is compatible with Microsoft operating systems from Windows 2000 to the latest Windows 7 Beta (including 64-bit editions of XP and Vista) can be run right after download. It will scan the computer system for security software programs and display all that have been found in a list. It is possible to remove all or only selected ones from the system.
Antivirus and security software programs from many popular developers are supported by the program including applications created by AVG, Avira, F-Secure, Kaspersky, Lavasoft, McAfee, Microsoft, Panda, PC Tools, Sophos, Symantec and Trend Micro. It is very likely that the currently installed program is among the supported ones.
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Nice one! It’s always hassle to maintain bunch of different cleanup tools.
Doesn’t seem to support Comodo products (at moment) but otherwise list of stuff it handles is nice.
Just a warning, based on personal experience with this app (i don´t think it was the app fault).
Before attempting to uninstall any of the supported apps, do a complete backup of your data. If by chance the antivirus (in my case AVG Free) is not properly behaving (my reason to uninstall) due to a possible data corruption for poweroffs and system crashes (i had a few bsod and reboots due to micro fan not working), it might “destroy” your MBR (my case) in the process rendering an unbootable machine. I had to reinstall Windows and luckily my data was still there, but your mileage might vary.
dont need any service now please cancel stop popping up on my computer
Not only does AppRemover remove in-depth security applications, but one thing I find interesting as well is that it cleans up failed uninstalls with deep registry scanning. Obviously a required application when removing security softwares, even if major security software providers now propose specific applications to remove their own software. I had used a Karspersky tool for deep (true) removal, and still I had to spend over an hour on the Registry to manually cleanup some references… AppRemover then would have been a blessing.
this site is good