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Is reinstalling Windows needed after changing AV?
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<blockquote data-quote="shmu26" data-source="post: 932678" data-attributes="member: 37647"><p>You usually won't have problems after uninstalling an AV and going back to Windows Defender. But the chance of issues will rise when you install and uninstall a second AV, and then another...</p><p>Yes, you can use the more aggressive AV removers, but they also can cause issues, sometimes serious ones. </p><p>The best and safest policy is to restore a system image, rather than simply uninstalling an AV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shmu26, post: 932678, member: 37647"] You usually won't have problems after uninstalling an AV and going back to Windows Defender. But the chance of issues will rise when you install and uninstall a second AV, and then another... Yes, you can use the more aggressive AV removers, but they also can cause issues, sometimes serious ones. The best and safest policy is to restore a system image, rather than simply uninstalling an AV. [/QUOTE]
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