How to Uninstall CA Antivirus – Step-by-Step Removal Guide
CA Antivirus by CA Technologies is a security tool packed with features like Anti-Virus, Anti-worms Anti-Spyware, Anti-Phishing and some other useful toolkits. All these features make CA Antivirus a very comprehensive tool but also a bit “heavy” some users complains that their computer got slower when this program is running, and the constantly pop-up adds may also annoys some users. If you are not satisfy with this program, you can refer to the below tutorial to uninstall CA Antivirus properly and completely before you install other brand of security software.
How to uninstall it manually
Usually CA Antivirus can be removed from your desktop/laptop through the below 4 steps, please make sure each of the steps are correctly done to avoid incomplete removal or uninstall error.
Step 1: Turn off CA Antivirus if it is running
Step 2: Disable the background related running processes.
- Press Alt + Shift + Esc key on the keyboard at the same time to open Windows Task
- Click “Process” tab
- Locate and select CA Antivirus-related process (typical process is casc.exe)
- Click End Task button to disable them one by one.
Step 3: Uninstall CA Antivirus using program uninstall option
There two ways to access to the program uninstall option.
One is go to start > All program > CA > CA Internet Security Suit > Uninstall
You can also click Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove program > Select CA Anti-virus > Click Remove
- Once the uninstaller is activated, you may see the below wizard, click Next to proceed
- Uninstalling CA Antivirus
- Click Reboot Now button after the removal finished.
Step 4: Remove CA Antivirus registry leftovers
This step requires you to remove registry leftovers of CA Antivirus with Registry Editor, you can access Registry Editor through Start > Run > type in “regedit”. If you found the registry keys showed as below screenshot, right click on the entries and select Delete option.
Note: if you are not familiar with the operation, we recommend you leaving this step for people who is more experienced or you can use professional uninstall tool to help you to uninstall CA Antivirus.
Automatica solution
The above removal process can sometimes go wrong due to problems like incomplete installation, file damage/broken etc, you may probably see error messages during when attempting to activate the uninstall wizard. For problems like that, here is the perfect solution for you, by using Max Uninstaller, no matter what kind of uninstall problem you meet, CA Antivirus will be removed from your computer completely within clicks.
Video demonstration – How to uninstall CA Antivirus with Max Uninstaller
Step 1: Download Max Uninstaller here, install it in your computer.
Step 2:Open Max Uninstaller, select CA Antivirus in the right hand list, then click “Run Analysis”
Step 3: After all program files/folders and associated registry entries are scanned out. Click “Complete Uninstall” to start the CA Antivirus removal. Click “Yes” to confirm the action.
Step 4: Wait for the standard uninstall completed. Click “Scan Leftovers”, and Max Uninstaller will conduct a full scan on your computer for program leftover.
Step 5: After the scan finish, click “Delete Leftovers” and “Yes” button to thoroughly remove all the leftovers.
Step 6: Max Uninstaller has now fully uninstalled CA Antivirus related files and extensions. Click “OK” to finish, then reboot your system.
Easy as you can see, Max Uninstaller simplify the complicated removal process into a few steps of clicking, you don’t have to waste time finding leftover files/folders or take risk to delete registry remanence in the registry editor, Max Uninstaller take care all these action for you, all you need is click your mouse a few times and no more. The above video demonstration has well displayed the detailed steps, if you are not very clear with the removal process, please refer to the video. If you haven’t install Max Uninstaller, click the below button to download it.
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