For whatever reason, anti-virus programs are often difficult to completely remove from computers. Difficult as in it takes quite a bit of time, knowledge, and often some messing about in the registry to get rid of all the items left behind. It's such a difficult task that several of the well-known anti-virus vendors have created tools that are specially crafted to remove their programs from computers. Windows Guides has helpfully put together a list of anti-virus removal tools from several anti-virus vendors. This is very good information to have if you want to delete or change anti-virus programs. As an aside, it's best to have one anti-virus program at a time installed, or, if you feel you need more than one, run them separately since running more than one anti-virus at a time on a single computer can wreak havoc on a system. A note about the list of removal tools - some links lead to a direct download link, and clicking on them will start the file download.

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The ones that go to direct download are Panda (all), BitDefender, McAfee, and Norton. The rest take you to a page where the removal tools can be downloaded. Off for now, Rhiannon New! Don't miss out, get these Tech Treats sent to you when they are posted. To get the latest tasty tech treats delivered daily via RSS No RSS feeder?

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If you’ve got a PC infected by the Antivirus Live virus, you’ve got a tough job ahead of you to remove it. And we’ve got the instructions to help. Antivirus Live is one of many fake antivirus applications like and, that are really rogue viruses that take your computer hostage—then they tell you that your computer is infected by viruses, and you have to pay them to get rid of the fake viruses that aren’t really there. It’s a huge problem, and they are not easy to remove, because they block virtually everything you try and run, including real anti-malware tools. Removing Rogue Fake Antivirus Infections (General Guide) There’s a couple of steps that you can generally follow to get rid of the majority of rogue antivirus infections, and actually most malware or spyware infections of any type. Here’s the quick steps: • Try to to remove the viruses.