A Complete List of Antivirus Software Removal Tools

Sally wants to know how remove Trend Micro Titanium correctly
Hi guys. I’m going to switch to Emsisoft because of your recommendation. The research I’ve done seems to back up your recommendation. I need to know how to remove my current antivirus (Trend Micro Titanium) correctly. I seen you mention several times in your newsletters not to use control panel to remove antivirus software. Thank you both for all you do. Sally L.

Our answer
Thanks so much, Sally. You’re absolutely correct. Using the Control Panel’s remove a program feature never completely removes most security software; almost always it leaves behind services or processes that continue to run in background even though the program itself is no longer installed. Almost all security software companies make a removal tool that completely remove the security software, If you’re thinking that it’s a Control Panel issue that prevents most security software from being completely removed it’s not. Control Panel’s remove a program feature uses the programs own uninstaller. It seems most antivirus companies don’t care if their uninstallers work correctly or not.

In any case, most security software companies offer special removal tools to completely rid your computer of their software. In your case, you can download the Trend Micro Titanium removal tool from the following link:

http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-us/1059018.aspx

We hope this helps you. And keep in mind we offer a special service where we completely remove your current security software, scan for and clean up any left malware, check your browsers for PUPs, optimize your computer by managing your start-ups and start-up services, install Emsisoft, configure it correctly and provide you with a one year key all for one great price.

Visit http://thundercloud.net/emsisoft/ to get your special Emsisoft with our custom installation.

And we know the rest of you who are using something other than Emsisoft will want to know how to remove your current antivirus. Anticipating your questions we have put together a list that covers most security suites and antivirus programs, in alphabetical order.

Avast http://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility 
AVG http://www.avg.com/us-en/utilities 
Avira http://www.avira.com/en/support-for-free-knowledgebase-detail/kbid/88 
BitDefender http://kb.bitdefender.com/site/article/333/ 
BullGuard http://www.bullguard.com/support/product-guides/bullguard-internet-security-guides-12/getting-started/uninstalling-bullguard.aspx 

CA Antivirus is now called Total Defense AV – which see under “T”
Comodo Internet Security https://support.comodo.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=298 
CounterSpy http://www.google.com/#q=counterspy+uninstall 
Cyber Defender Early Detection Center http://www.ustechsupport.com/faq.html#q4
Dr. Web https://support.drweb.com/support_wizard/?lng=en 
(Note: Dr Web limits support to registered users only.) 

eScan http://www.microworldsystems.com/download/tools/esremove.exe 
ESET http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN2788 
Emsisoft – Emsisoft’s built-in uninstaller removes all traces of the program; it can be uninstalled completely from Control Panel/Remove a Program
FRISK F-PROT Antivirus for Windows http://www.f-prot.com/support/windows/fpwin_faq/25.html
F-Secure ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/support/tools/uitool/UninstallationTool.zip 
http://community.f-secure.com/t5/Security-for-PC/How-do-I-uninstall-the-product/ta-p/15384 

G Data https://www.gdatasoftware.co.uk/?eID=PushFile&dl=f4b2f2fd23%3AAFEIBgU%3D 
Kaspersky http://support.kaspersky.com/common/service.aspx?el=1464 
K7 Total Security http://www.k7computing.com/en/tools/K7RT.exe 
LavaSoft http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=28 

Malwarebytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam-clean.exe 
McAfee http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe 
Microsoft Security Essentials http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2435760 or use Geek Uninstaller (free version) or Revo Uninstaller (free version) to remove MSE.
Norman Virus Control/Norman Security Suite http://www.norman.com/support/support_issue_archive/67798/en 
Norton (Symantec) ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe 
Norton Security Scan
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/NSSRT.exe 

Panda http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/UNINSTALLER_08.exe 
Panda Cloud Internet Protection http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/Cloud_AV_Uninstaller.exe 
Pathologic http://www.paretologic.com/resources/help/xoftspyse/195.htm 
Sophos http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/11019.html 
Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/how-to-uninstall-2/ 

Total Defense Anti-Virus (formerly CA Anti-Virus) http://totaldefense.iyogi.com/?p=368 
Trend Micro http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-us/1056551.aspx 
Trend Micro Titanium http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-us/1059018.aspx 
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Agent
http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-us/1057237.aspx
Vipre (Sunbelt Software) http://kb.threattracksecurity.com/articles/SkyNet_Article/How-to-Uninstall-VIPRE-Antivirus-and-VIPRE-Internet-Security