Serious Discussion How to Safely and Completely Remove AV

roger_m

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May remove CMD commands related to complete the uninstallation of the product after restarting the device, which will create more leftovers.
They shouldn't do, as they both can scan for leftovers after rebooting. So you can allow the computer to reboot if required and then they will do the scan for leftovers. Of course monitoring the installation is the best option.
 
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They shouldn't do, as they both can scan for leftovers after rebooting. So you can allow the computer to reboot if required and then they will do the scan for leftovers. Of course monitoring the installation is the best option.
Of course, monitoring the installation is the best option. Good to know that Revo and HiBit can do that too, I thought it was just Soft Organizer because it make it obvious by marking the antivirus as traced visually.
 
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IceMan7

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I'll remove Revo. And I'll remove the rest manually. It's not a problem with folders but rather with the registry. And Revo removes registry entries.
 

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Of course, monitoring the installation is the best option. Good to know that Revo and HiBit can do that too, I thought it was just Soft Organizer because it make it obvious by marking the antivirus as traced visually.
In addition, IObit Uninstaller has been able to do that for sometime, after I suggested they add that feature. However, it's doesn't do very well at scanning for leftovers these days when compared to HiBit and Revo. But it is able to automatically monitor some installations. I should do some tests and see how it fares with automatically AV installations.
 

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