fully uninstall anti virus for good

firbyfred

I am going to do some maintenance on the in-laws computer, one of the jobs is to remove Panda anti virus and load a free one on. Will uninstalling it be enough? I've checked Google and get conflicting answers.

A couple of years ago on this techie forum there was a link to a site through a computer magazine I think, that helped check if certain programmes needed to be on the system confiuration utility > startup tab. I still have the link in favorites and used it often, but now it won't open, is there an other one?

Thanks for help

RussJK

This first (or search for the appropriate page):
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/support/card?id=60127&amp%3BidIdioma=2

If it's XP 32bit, then Appremover can help as well:
http://www.appremover.com/supported-applications

Might be better to use the "Check for failed uninstall" option.

Can check Startup items at these two sites:
Startup Programs Database
SystemLookup - Browse By List