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mechmike0034
12-20-2008, 12:47 PM
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=33665&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a


Changing your antivirus product is a non-trivial thing to do. While all the major suites have become better about uninstalling cleanly from Add or Remove Programs, many still fail this -- either in general terms or in specific cases.

Written and compiled by a MS-MVP...

ArkiStan
12-21-2008, 08:18 AM
You need a specifically designed tool just to uninstall these things?? Makes you wonder what the real "virus" is.

mechmike0034
12-21-2008, 08:45 AM
You need a specifically designed tool just to uninstall these things?? Makes you wonder what the real "virus" is.

No, turn it around...

Because malware has gotten so sophisticated in its ability to cripple or uninstall antivirus software, the specifically designed tools are required to do so...

renovation
12-21-2008, 06:15 PM
its a shame its got this bad :(