Written By Mikel from Gorelo
Last updated 2 months ago
Problem
You’ve uninstalled the old antivirus and yet it continues to show in the antivirus tab
Solution
Remnants of the old antivirus are still in the Windows Security Center
Open an elevated PowerShell window
Run the following command to view the antivirus products registered in the Window Security Centre (take note of the
ExampleWMIC /Node:localhost /Namespace:\\root\SecurityCenter2 Path AntiVirusProduct get * /value
Run the WMI tester command
ExampleWBEMTEST
Click Connect
Enter ‘root/securitycenter2‘ in the Namespace field and click Connect
Now in the IWbemServices section, click Query…
Enter ‘SELECT * from Antivirusproduct‘ and click Apply
Select the old antivirus and click Delete