An Extensive List of Antivirus and Security Software Removal Tools
Most legitimate anti-virus vendors provide clean-up utilities, better known as removal tools, on their websites. These tools all you to remove the antivirus programs and all the remnants usually left behind after uninstalling.
We have learned over the years, it’s best not to use Apps & features or Control Panel > Programs >”Uninstall a program” to remove security and/or antivirus software. Using either of those methods almost always results in a messy uninstallation. And then, the computer is left littered with remnants and even some running processes and services. So, we strongly recommend using a vendor-provided “uninstall tool” or “removal tool” – or another specialized uninstaller – to completely remove antivirus and/or security software from your computer.
Here’s an extensive list of Antivirus/Security program uninstallers & removal tools.
- A List of Antivirus removal tools
- Antivirus Removal Tool
- Comprehensive List of 26 Uninstallers and Removal Tools for Internet Security and Antivirus Software
- ESET: List of Uninstallers (removal tools) for common antivirus software
- Bitdefender: Removal tools (uninstall tools) for common antivirus software
- SingularLabs: Uninstallers – Security Software
- Microsoft Wiki: List of anti-malware product removal tools by Stephen Boots, MVP
We hope this list helps you should you need to remove your current antivirus or security software.
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Revo will not uninstall Norton or McAfee completely. This was not a freeware pick. It’s always best to use the uninstaller published by publisher of the antivirus. Using an uninstaller like Revo on Norton, McAfee (and probably others) leaves things behind.
And speaking of Revo, their free version is not as good as HiBit Uninstaller which removes programs as well, allows you to remove
more than one program at once, has a startup manager, services manager, processes manager and more.
For removing antivirus programs, we strongly recommend using the uninstaller published by the company that makes the antivirus program — we’re not talking about the uninstaller that comes with the program.
For instance, McAfee’s uninstaller…
–or–
Norton Uninstaller
Darcy and I have done many dozens of antivirus program uninstallation on dozens and dozens of computers, so we do have some experience in this area.