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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 1120956" data-attributes="member: 31436"><p>I recommend doing steps one and two. Uninstalling it normally and then running the vendor's removal tool if they have one. An uninstaller like Revo won't find all the leftovers unless you actually used it to monitor installation of the antivirus, so that they have a record of every file and registry key created. Often there are drivers left behind when you uninstall an antivirus and third party uninstallers won't find these leftover drivers unless you actually monitored the installation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 1120956, member: 31436"] I recommend doing steps one and two. Uninstalling it normally and then running the vendor's removal tool if they have one. An uninstaller like Revo won't find all the leftovers unless you actually used it to monitor installation of the antivirus, so that they have a record of every file and registry key created. Often there are drivers left behind when you uninstall an antivirus and third party uninstallers won't find these leftover drivers unless you actually monitored the installation. [/QUOTE]
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