How to Uninstall Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 – Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 Step by Step Removal Guide
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 is world famous PC security software that offers real-time real-time threat protection to personal computer, some users may find this software hard to be removed, or don’t know how to uninstall it completely, for problems like that, we offer you this removal tutorial for you to uninstall Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 correctly and thoroughly.
Steps to uninstall Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 manually
Step 1: Close Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 and end related process
If Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 is running, right click on its icon on the system tray and select Exit.
Press Alt + Shift + Esc or Alt + Ctrl + Del to open Windows Task Manager, click the “Process” tab, highlight the process named “avp.exe” if found, then click “End Task” button.
Step 2: Run Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 build-in uninstall option
To access the build-in uninstaller of Kaspersky, you can go to Start > All Program(Program) > Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 > Click Remove Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012
Or go to Windows Control Panel
- Click Start button > Control Panel
- Click Add/Remove program option
- Select Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 in the program list, click Change/Remove button.
- Click Next button.
- You’ll be prompted with two options, if you decided not to use the program anymore in the future, select the first option of “Complete uninstall”, if you want to reinstall the program later, then select “Save application objects”, this option allows you to save all the Operational settings, Activation data etc for further reinstallation. For this circumstance, you should click the first option, then click Next button.
- Click Remove button to start the removal
- Click Yes in the prompted message to restart the system.
Step 3: Search and delete leftover folders/files
- From Start Menu, click Search
- Click files and folder option
- Type Kaspersky in the first blank, then click search
- Press alt+a to select all the found files and folders
- Right click them and select Delete option
- Go to the Windows recycle bin to empty it.
Step4: Remove registry leftovers
Even you perform the removal through the Add/Remove program, some data is always left in the system registry as long as you run the program before, ignoring and leaving these registry leftovers could probably cause registry clogged up problems and bring you unexpected system errors.
Click Start > Run > Type in regedit > click OK > Navigate the registry branch to locate and delete the registry keys showed in the below screenshot.
Note: If you are not familiar with registry editing, we suggest you to backup the registry before any operation, or you can move on to choose a quicker and easier uninstall solution as described below.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 automatic uninstall solution
Max Uninstaller is a solution is for people who is failed to remove Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 as they encounter errors during the uninstallation, or who are seeking an easier and safer way to remove it completely. Simply watch the below video demonstration and let Max Uninstaller guide you to thoroughly uninstall Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 from your system within a few steps.
Step 1: Click here to free download Max Uninstaller, and then install it in your computer.
Step 2: Launch Max Uninstaller, select Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 in the right hand list. Press “Run Analysis”
Step 3: Max Uninstaller will review uninstall program files and associated registry entries. Click “Complete Uninstall” to start the program uninstall process. Click “Yes” to start the uninstall.
Step 4: Click “No” to postpone the restart and continue the removal.
Step 5: Wait for the standard uninstall completed. Click “Scan Leftovers”, and Max Uninstaller will conduct a full scan on your computer for a while.
Step 6: When it finish scanning, click “Delete Leftovers” and “Yes” button to thoroughly uninstall all the leftovers.
Step 7: Max Uninstaller has now fully uninstalled Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 related files and extensions. Click “OK” to finish.
Congratulations! Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 has been completely removed from your system now!
How to fix Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 cannot be uninstall problem
When trying to install Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012, you receive error message of “The selected folder or drive already contains files. The application cannot be installed”. Take it easy, you can follow the below tutorial to resolve it on your own.
Solution: Activate the installation wizard of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 and modify the installation path
- Double click the setup file of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 to start the installation wizard.
- Check the option of ‘Change installation settings’ at the bottom left and then click Next button.
- Click I agree in the window after you read through the License Agreement.
- Change the name of the installation folder of Kaspersky Lab to Kaspersky Labs on the Destination Folder window.
- Click Next after you done with the modification
- OK now the problem should be fixed and you will be able to install Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 without errors.
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