PC Tools AntiVirus Free

A guide to uninstall PC Tools AntiVirus Free from your system

PC Tools AntiVirus Free is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by PC Tools. Further information on PC Tools can be seen here. Please follow http://free.pctools.com/en/ if you want to read more on PC Tools AntiVirus Free on PC Tools's page. PC Tools AntiVirus Free is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Tools Security folder, regulated by the user's option. The full command line for removing PC Tools AntiVirus Free is C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Tools Security\unins000.exe /LOG. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 2.96 MB (3101648 bytes) on disk and is titled pctsGui.exe.

PC Tools AntiVirus Free installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 14.34 MB (15037152 bytes) on disk.

• Alert.exe (988.95 KB)
• drvctl.exe (27.45 KB)
• pctsAuxs.exe (358.24 KB)
• pctsGui.exe (2.96 MB)
• pctsSvc.exe (1.09 MB)
• pctsTray.exe (1.23 MB)
• sdinvoker.exe (287.45 KB)
• sdloader.exe (344.46 KB)
• UmInject64.exe (256.95 KB)
• unins000.exe (680.88 KB)
• Update.exe (1.96 MB)
• Upgrade.exe (1.52 MB)
• BDTUpdateService.exe (193.95 KB)
• PCTBDUpdate.exe (713.95 KB)
• unins000.exe (1.12 MB)
• PCTCFFix.exe (117.95 KB)
• PCTCFFix64.exe (141.45 KB)
• TFService.exe (69.27 KB)
• TFUN.exe (141.27 KB)
• TFWAH64.exe (242.77 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 7.0 of PC Tools AntiVirus Free. Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall PC Tools AntiVirus Free:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Tools\PC Tools Security

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall PC Tools AntiVirus Free:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Tools\PC Tools Security\Alert.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Tools\PC Tools Security\alert.wav
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Tools\PC Tools Security\Alerts\10.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Tools\PC Tools Security\Alerts\11.dat

Many times the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{175B7885-28AB-4D18-8773-7A13A99980A4}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spyware Doctor
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PCTools\PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 9 1 0 2898 FREE 1 31 2013.exe

Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2A0F3D1B-0909-4FF4-B272-609CCE6054E7}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{472734EA-242A-422B-ADF8-83D1E48CC825}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F94D9C45-A227-4173-8AC3-6D276B288D9A}\InProcServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{175B7885-28AB-4D18-8773-7A13A99980A4}\1.0\0\win32\

How to remove PC Tools AntiVirus Free from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PC Tools AntiVirus Free is an application by the software company PC Tools. Frequently, computer users choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is difficult because performing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY way to uninstall PC Tools AntiVirus Free is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate PC Tools AntiVirus Free or simply click the Search feature and type in "PC Tools AntiVirus Free". The PC Tools AntiVirus Free app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click PC Tools AntiVirus Free in the list , some information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about PC Tools AntiVirus Free, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for PC Tools AntiVirus Free:

• The software company is: http://free.pctools.com/en/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Tools Security\unins000.exe /LOG

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove PC Tools AntiVirus Free.


8. After removing PC Tools AntiVirus Free, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of PC Tools AntiVirus Free which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling PC Tools AntiVirus Free with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall PC Tools AntiVirus Free by PC Tools from your computer, nor are we saying that PC Tools AntiVirus Free by PC Tools is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall PC Tools AntiVirus Free supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.