Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 Uninstall Guide – How to Completely Uninstall Panda AV

Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 was manufactured to be an effective security program, it surely is capable of detecting and removing virus, spyware, worm and other popular online threats, however, some users also experience problems when using Panda AV, they found that sometimes the program can not be removed completely, the trace it left will even stop users from accessing the internet, this problem is a typical indication of incomplete removal, if you have no idea how to do it right, check out this tutorial of how to uninstall Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 completely and properly.

Solution 1: Uninstall Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 manually

To perform the removal, first we need to make sure Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 is off, and all of its related processes is not running in the computer background, doing this could help you to avoid possible uninstall errors.

• Move your mouse to the system tray and right click on the Panda icon
• Click “Close automatic protection” option in the appeared menu.

• Press “Alt + Shift + Esc” key on your keyboard to open Windows task manager.
• Disable the related processes of Panda AV (select the process and click End Task button)

Uninstall it from Add/Remove program

• Click Start > Control Panel
• Select Add/Remove program
• Locate Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 in the Add/Remove program list
• Click Remove button on the right.

• Click Yes on the pop up dialog box.

• You’ll see a message asking your opinion about the program, if you have nothing to say, select the second option and click Next button.

• Wait for the removal to be completed.

• Select “Yes, I want to restart my computer” and click Finish button.

Remove registry leftovers

Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 registry keys are always left in the system even the program has been removed, to delete these registry leftover is the key to ensure a complete removal. Here is the steps you need to perform:

• From the Start menu, click Run option
• In the run box, type in “regedit” and hit OK button to activate Windows Registry Editor.
• Navigate the registry key branch by clicking on the “+” sign.
• Locate these two folder: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Panda Software and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Panda Software

• Right click to delete them all.
• Reboot your computer.

Note: In order to avoid problems caused by mistaken operation, before any operation, you can create a registry backup from the File menu, select export and click Save button. If you are not familiar with registry modification, we recommend you to apply the automatic way which is listed below to help you uninstall Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 and remove all of its component completely and safely.

More over, the manual removal may not uninstall the program smoothly as we expected, and sometimes it would bring us problems such as messing up other programs on the computer. If you cannot uninstall Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 completely, the best method is to uninstall it with a reliable uninstall tool. It is because a reliable and powerful uninstall tool has the following features: uninstall programs that Add/Remove Programs cannot; remove incomplete installations, and corrupt programs; force uninstall hidden applications installed in your system; faster than then standard Windows Add/Remove Programs.

Solution 2: Uninstall Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 – automatic solution

For a better and easier solution to remove Panda, you can use Max Uninstaller, which is a professional third – party uninstaller that helps computer user uninstall stubborn, incomplete, damaged or hard-to-remove applications. Believe it or not, with Max Uninstaller, Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 is easy to be uninstall within a few clicks of your mouse.

How to uninstall Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 with Max Uninstaller – Video Demonstration

Step 1: Download Max Uninstaller here, install it in your computer.
Step 2:Open Max Uninstaller, select Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 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 Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 removal. Click “Yes” to confirm the action.

Step 4: Select the second option to reboot your system later.

Step 5: Wait for the standard uninstall completed. Click “Scan Leftovers”, and Max Uninstaller will conduct a full scan on your computer for program leftover.

Step 6: After the scan finish, click “Delete Leftovers” and “Yes” button to thoroughly remove all the leftovers.

Step 7: Max Uninstaller has now fully uninstalled Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 related files and extensions. Click “OK” to finish, then reboot your system.

If you find it hard to manually uninstall Panda Antivirus Pro 2012, we highly recommend you to enable a powerful uninstaller on your computer. A good uninstaller comes with revolutionary software uninstaller to offer you professional solutions to entirely uninstall any unwanted program and  all of its leftovers, such as obsolete registry entries, invalid registry files and embedded registry keys, to ensure your computer is completely error- free and your system is running smoothly.