How to Uninstall Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 – Step – By – Step Removal Guide
Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 is another security product from Webroot Inc. This program has the smallest installer but provides plenty of protection feature. The problem of this security program that many users complains about is, this program often generates false positive, moreover, it is also hard to be removed from the system in some circumstances. If you find trouble with uninstalling Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012, this uninstall tutorial can help you out. Simply follow the given instruction to apply the manual or automatic solution according to your particular situation.
Uninstall Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 manually
Tune off the program
After you installed Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012, the program will automatically run on the background. Before the removal, we suggest to disable the program to avoid uninstall error.
- Right click on the program icon in the system tray and select “Shut down Webroot Protection”.
- Click “Yes” button on the pop-up message to confirm the action.
- Type the letter/number showed in the image in the Webroot message box.
- Click Enter button.
Uninstall Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 from Add/Remove program.
- Click Start button of Windows
- Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove program
- Select Webroot SecureAnywhere in the list and click “Remove” button. (Note: This action required you to log in as Administrator)
- Click the Yes in the pop-up message “are you sure you want to uninstall?”
- Same as turn off the program, you are required to type in the image letter to confirm the action.
- Reboot your computer after the removal.
Option2: You can also go to start > All Program > Webroot SecureAnywhere > Tools > uninstall to access to the build-in uninstaller
Remove leftover registry files.
When you first installed the program, related entries was also created and stored in Windows registry, these entries files will not be removed from your computer even you uninstalled the program. To make sure a complete uninstallation, you’ll need to perform the below steps to delete them all manually.
- Click Start > Run > Type in regedit in the Run commend box
- Click the File menu in the Registry Editor window
- Click Export option to create a registry backup
- Select “All” in the “Export Range” section
- Customize the backup file name
- Select a directory to save the file and click Save button.
- After you done with the backup, navigate the registry key branch on the left and go to the folder of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
- Right click on the folder of webroot and select “Delete” option
- Go to the folder of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
- Right click on the folder of webroot and select “Delete” option
- Close registry editor and reboot the system to allowing changes taking effect.
Note: registry modification should be done carefully to avoid mistaken deletion, for minor mistake operation, you can import the backup you created to restore the registry to previous status, but keep in mind that if you deleted certain system-related registry entries, it would cause irreversible problem.
Automatically solution to uninstall Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012
The removal can be complicated sometimes, for example you received error message that stopped you from uninstalling Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012, or you are unable to do it completely, why not use Max Uninstaller – the most effective uninstaller tool to help you do the removal automatically.
How to Uninstall Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 completely with Max Uninstaller – Video demonstration
Step 1: Download Max Uninstaller here, install it in your computer.
Step 2:Open Max Uninstaller, select Webroot SecureAnywhere 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 Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 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 Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012 related files and extensions. Click “OK” to finish, then reboot your system.
What is uninstall tool?
Uninstall tool is a third party program that specialized in cleaning out any kind of program completely on the computer, all of installed programs will be displayed on the program’s interface, and people can choose the one they want to remove and follow its simple instructions to get rid of all of related components quickly and completely from the computer.
What special things the uninstall tool can do for your program removal? (the manual uninstall cannot do)
Ease of use. With the friendly-design interface, people can easily know how to use the uninstall tool to get rid of the program they want, and it just requires people to do some clicks during the process.
Automatic uninstalling process. Automatically removing program is the highlight of the uninstall tool, except following the instructions to do the clicking jobs, people no need to do any other complex things such as finding the leftovers or manual removal additionally.
Complete removal. While uninstalling a certain program from the Windows uninstall utility or its attached uninstall functions, people often find that there are still some components persist on the install folder and registry entries containing on the Windows system, which cannot be removed manually or completely with the previous uninstall process.
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