Question/help! (regarding Avira Antivir Personal Edition)

I just purchased and downloaded Kasperskys yesterday for my Dell Laptop (Vista) and thought I uninstalled Avira Antivir Personal Edition but it still shows up as being active when I go into the Windows Security Center? Say's that multiple antivirus programs are running? I've tried everyting to get rid of Avira and am at a loss? My computer is running fine but I would rather not have Avira on it. Can anyone help me?

 

Re: Question/help!

Hi, CraigM31

it's a known problem with the Windows Security Center.
The solution can be found in the Avira forum:
'For problems with Windows Security Center'
http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=21387

If you would like to clean the registry from Avira stuff, you can use the 'Avira RegistryCleaner' from this side:
http://www.avira.com/en/support/support_downloads.html

Cheers

 

Thanks Subset but did the commands and Avira registry cleaner and Windows Security Center still say's Avir is active?

 

Well,

I am at my wit's end.
Maybe you should post your problem at the Avira forum.

Cheers

 

I think this may help you.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=203940&highlight=repository

Edit: Sorry, essentially the same info as the Avira forum.

 

Those directions and more were linked by subset up above.

 

Are you sure completely uninstalled avira? try this: uninstall kaspersky, reboot and search all remaining kav & avira files. Next, run regsupremepro and clean your registry (reg cleaner feature), then use its 'software manager' module to fully uninstall avira and kav. Reboot and reinstall kaspersky.

 

How do I find all the avira files in my registry etc. I've looked but can't find any?

 

CraigM31 try this may help,install avira again an then uninstall it you will see it will go away from the security center.it works for me before.
ofcourse uninstall the other antivirus before doing all this procedure.i hope
you fix this isue.

 

No, don't search for registry entries by yourself, you just have to uninstall avira & kav through ControlPanel. I meant you have to search for remaining avira & kav files (not reg entries) via 'advanced search' (Vista feature) and manually delete them only after you uninstalled those programs properly through ControlPanel ('uninstall a program' option). Only then you can run regsupremepro in order to get rid of the remaining registry leftovers. Please re-read my earlier post.
Good luck.

 

Thanks JMonge! I did what you advised and it worked perfectly! Also, thanks to everyone else here who offered their input this is a great forum and very useful!

 

hey i am glad you fix this isue CraigM31 and you are welcome.
before i had problem not only with avira but others like comodo firewall,vipre and also threatfire pro,they stick like crazy glue in the microsoft security center.