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How to uninstall or remove ESET Nod32 antivirus totally?

Updated on December 7, 2011

Are you facing problem to uninstall or remove ESET NOD32 antivirus? Do you want to remove NOD32 form your computer? Do you need to uninstall NOD32 and need to install another antivirus? This page gives a detailed description to remove ESET NOD32 antivirus form your computer. Just follow the methods one by one.

Steps to uninstall or remove ESET Nod32 antivirus

Follow the following methods to uninstall NOD32 antivirus from your computer. Please, forward according to the methods. I mean, first apply method 1, then method 2. When you finished uninstalling, then stop. Now the steps are described below:

Method 1:

Uninstall or remove NOD32 by using WIndows uninstaller

  1. Click on Start menu.
  2. Then, select Programs / All Programs.
  3. Find ESET and click on it.
  4. At last, you will find Uninstall and click on it to uninstall NOD32.

If you failed to uninstall by following the above steps, then follow Method 2.

Method 2: Uninstall NOD32 by NOD32 removal tool

This is the easiest way to remove NOD32. Follow the following steps:

  1. Download NOD32 removal tool by clicking here [Download NOD32Removal].
  2. When download is finished, install it.
  3. After finishing uninstallation, Restart your computer.

If Method 2 fails, follow Method 3.

Method 3: Remove NOD32 manually

This process is the most critical among all the methods. Apply this method, when all of the above methods fail:

  1. Restart your computer and start Windows with Safe Mode.
  2. Click on Start menu and then click on Run.
  3. Type regedit and hit Enter key of your keyboard.
  4. From the registry editor find the following keys and delete them:                     [a] HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ESET
    [b] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ESET
    [c] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\egui
  5. Click on Start menu, then go to Control Panel. Later, Folder Options, then View and at last Show hidden files and folders.
  6. Go to C:\WINDOWS\inf folder and delete INFCACHE.1 file from that folder.
  7. Now. Restart your computer and after reinstallation, delete the following three folders.
    • C:\Program Files\ESET
    • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ESET
    • C:\Documents and Settings\%USER%\Application Data\ESET

By following the above steps, you can easily remove ESET NOD32 antivirus totally from your computer.

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