What is InstallIQ Updater For? – Removing InstallIQ Updater

I accidently downloaded InstallIq which came with I-Tunes that I downloaded and then decided I didn’t want it. The InstallIQ Updater keeps running in background, taking up resources, updating itself, telling me to install I-Tunes or Safari and spying on me to 3rd parties from what I read on the web. So, I decided to go to the control panel and tried deleting it. But I got Windows Installer error: The InstallScript Engine is missing from this machine. Then I went to start the looked it up in search, clicked uninstall installiq updater and it did the same thing! How should I do to get this off my pc?

How to Uninstall InstallIQ Updater?

Normally InstallIQ Updater can be removed within Add or Remove Programs of Windows or through uninstaller offered by the manufacturer. However, once the uninstalling code of the Comodo is wrecked by an unexpected attack from other program or a computer virus. The two normal means will never work, nor will a manual removal work. If that is your case, you need a software uninstaller which can read and automatically uninstall all the entries or directories of InstallIQ Software.

To remove InstallIQ Updater with built-in uninstaller ,you must:

1. Make sure the program is closed down. Do this by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del and then clicking on the Task Manager button. Then you press the Processes tab, find InstallIQ Updater and press End Process.

2. Then you must open up the windows Add/Remove Programs area by pressing the Start Button, then the Control Panel, and then either Add/Remove Programs or Uninstall InstallIQ Updater.

3. Locate the file that is labelled InstallIQ or Comodo and press the Uninstall button. When competed, you have to restart the computer.

4. Press the Start button and click Run. Type “regedit” into the search box and wait for a folder to appear.

5. Right click the InstallIQ folder and press delete.
6. Empty your recycle bin and then reboot your system.

Uninstalling the InstallIQ Updater can take a very long time and can be a very hazardous task if you aren’t certain of what you’re doing. This is because you have to delve into the system registry and manually remove files and folders. If you delete the wrong file path from this area then you could end up corrupting other software on your system.

It is recommended that you either use software to perform this action for you, or contact the Comodo support and ask what files to look out for so you know you will be removing the right files of InstallIQ Updater. If you want to just get the process over with then you could download software. There is a removal program, namely Perfect Uninstaller, which has been designed to quickly and easily remove software like Norton Utilities 15 that windows can’t delete.

Using Perfect Uninstaller to Force Uninstall InstallIQ Updater

Then, Force Uninstall instruction (one directory or one file a time)

1. Download and install a Perfect Uninstaller
2. Right click each of the directories or files to select “Force Uninstall” to start the removal.
3. Follow the on screen steps to finish the removal.
4. Reboot computer and repeat the same Force Uninstall process until all the directories of InstallIQ Updater are gone.