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

1. Open an elevated PowerShell window

2. Run the following command to view the antivirus products registered in the Window Security Centre (take note of the

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WMIC /Node:localhost /Namespace:\\root\SecurityCenter2 Path AntiVirusProduct get * /value

3. Run the WMI tester command

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WBEMTEST 

4. Click Connect

5. Enter ‘root/securitycenter2‘ in the Namespace field and click Connect

6. Now in the IWbemServices section, click Query…

7. Enter ‘SELECT * from Antivirusproduct‘ and click Apply

8. Select the old antivirus and click Delete