Antivirus Crashes my laptop!

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Captain Wicker (crazy hillbilly)

(Posted 2011) [#1]

Hi,

I uninstalled Kaspersky Antivirus 2011, installed Panda Cloud Free Edition and then my computer crashed. What just happened? Before anyone asks I uninstalled Kaspersky because my subscription was outdated. I scanned my computer's registry with WinUtilities and all is better. What could have caused this crash? I installed and uninstalled before I restarted the computer and this is when this occurred.

Zethrax

(Posted 2011) [#2]

From your description I'd guess that the crash happened because you didn't restart the computer between un-installing one and installing the other. Anti-virus programs insert themselves fairly deep into the OS and probably require a re-boot before they are fully un-installed or installed.

Captain Wicker (crazy hillbilly)

(Posted 2011) [#3]

OK that worried me for a minute. Thanks Zethrax