Help Removing Webroot Antivirus – How To Uninstall Webroot Security?

on February 17th, 2012 | 3 Comments

My grandpa is having quite some difficulties removing Webroot Security, but not just the normal way. Initially, he had it installed, and it worked fine. His time ran out, and he didn’t like it enough to renew it. So he uninstalled it, and it disappeared fine. But, a month later, he did a System Restore, it just keeps bugging him. Every time Windows starts up, Webroot asks him for CD-Key which he no longer has. So, he checks out Add-Remove Programs but there is nothing to uninstall it.

If you are also experiencing problems with installation or uninstall, we recommend that you follow these steps:

Uninstall the Webroot software:
For Windows XP users
Perform the following steps:

  1. Go to Start, and then click on Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Add and Remove Programs.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the programs list until you see the Webroot Security.
  4. Click on the program you want to uninstall, and then click the Remove button.
  5. Once the uninstall process has finished, restart your computer.

For Windows 7 and Vista users
Perform the following steps:

  1. Click on the Start button and open the Control Panel.
  2. Depending on the view of your window, you will either see Uninstall a Program or Programs and Features. Double-click either option.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the programs list until you see the Webroot Security.
  4. Click on the program you want to uninstall, and then click the Uninstall button located just above the list.
  5. Once the uninstall process has finished, restart your computer.

You can resolve most installation or uninstall errors by either uninstalling any previously installed Webroot security software or by running a couple of specialized cleanup utilities first and then reinstalling the software again. If you still encounter difficulties installing the Webroot security software, re-download cleanup tool such as Perfect Uninstaller to your desktop by clicking here.

Force Uninstall Webroot Security

  1. Download and install Perfect Uninstaller.
  2. Quit and exit all running applications.
  3. Run Perfect Uninstaller.
  4. Select Force Uninstall Icon and click on “Yes” in the popped up box.
  5. Navigate to directory of Webroot Security in the hard drive, such as C:\Program Files\Webroot Security and then click on next to start the Force Uninstall
  6. Reboot computer and repeat the Force Uninstall process until all the directories of Webroot Security are gone.

This way, you can also easily get rid of other Webroot Secure program with Perfect Uninstaller with a few clicks!

3 Responses to Help Removing Webroot Antivirus – How To Uninstall Webroot Security?

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