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The most convenient way to switch Antivirus software (Poll)
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<blockquote data-quote="Trident" data-source="post: 1040085" data-attributes="member: 99014"><p>On Windows I would always use the antivirus uninstall utility to remove software. Where uninstall utility/tool is not provided, I would perform manual inspection to remove remaining files.</p><p></p><p>On Mac, antiviruses don’t provide utilities and also, some companies (Panda being an example) don’t even provide uninstall routine built in. These must be removed using this app:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Mac has no registry, the app will detect all relevant folders, services and packages, and will erase them.</p><p></p><p>Not recommended:</p><p><strong>Clean install the OS</strong>: if your antivirus provider is causing you to reinstall Windows because it can’t correctly be removed then it is worse than infection. Time to look for another one.</p><p></p><p><strong>Uninstall software just via the OS and install the new one</strong>: leaves too many remnants and in some occasions, attempting to reinstall the solution at a later stage might turn out to be problematic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trident, post: 1040085, member: 99014"] On Windows I would always use the antivirus uninstall utility to remove software. Where uninstall utility/tool is not provided, I would perform manual inspection to remove remaining files. On Mac, antiviruses don’t provide utilities and also, some companies (Panda being an example) don’t even provide uninstall routine built in. These must be removed using this app: [URL unfurl="true"]https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/[/URL] Mac has no registry, the app will detect all relevant folders, services and packages, and will erase them. Not recommended: [B]Clean install the OS[/B]: if your antivirus provider is causing you to reinstall Windows because it can’t correctly be removed then it is worse than infection. Time to look for another one. [B]Uninstall software just via the OS and install the new one[/B]: leaves too many remnants and in some occasions, attempting to reinstall the solution at a later stage might turn out to be problematic. [/QUOTE]
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