“AppRemover will find and uninstall any security applications on your system, such as virus protection programs and spybot removers. Sometimes antivirus programs do not uninstall completely, so if you’re replacing one security application with another, AppRemover can help you remove the old program so you can start fresh with the new one. This free program works well and installs and uninstalls with no problems. It is useful for ensuring that there are no remnants of old and outdated security software lurking in your PC.” AppRemover requires no installation. Simply download and run.AppRemover recognizes the programs from all of the current OPSWAT Certified Partners Click here for full details and download link of AppRemover
I think this list is different to what it works on (though it would make sense that it did), there are the opswat-certified-partners, e.g. if you are going to choose a security application choose one from this list. The link I gave is I believe what is incorporated in the tool.
Tried running and saving - Just tells me that AppRemover.exe is unsafe to download and was blocked by smartscreen filter.
Found and older version at CNet that allowed me to run until once the program started it then tells me its outdated and directs me straight to Opswat where smartscreen refuses to allow a download from Opswat.
Craig,
You must have used the alternate download I originally posted and what it didn’t like was the so called free scan
which is why I removed that link.
You’ll notice that it failed because you need to remove the avast! self protection module.
The second run worked like a charm after I unchecked that feature in avast!
You'll notice that it failed because you need to remove the avast! self protection module.
The second run worked like a charm after I unchecked that feature in avast!
Finally got it to download and run by turning off smartscreen, 40 mins to run the program and found no leftovers of anything ;D disappointed in one way as i was hoping for it to have found something after all that stuffing around but im glad it didn’t - at least i know that my cleaning routine is better than any programs
Well, I ran it twice … 45 minutes to tell me there were no left overs, second run to uninstall avast and nothing, it says there are zero applications installed : : :
So just put it on a neighbours machine that is messed up and needs cleaning and yet again, it runs forever and finally says nothing is installed … dumped straight in the cr*pper. .
I just ran it in safe mode and that doesn’t work.
I had no problems with it detecting avast! the only problem I had in the regular mode it was not able to bypass the avast self defense module (+1 for avast!) and in safe mode, it didn’t remove avast at all even after detecting it.
I wish I had a computer that had leftovers from some other AV’s on it for testing but, since I only use avast! that isn’t possible for me.
