Security center reports firewall and Antivirus that has been uninstalled

Hello.

I had installed Comodo, which is a piece of junk Firewall and Antivirus
package. I have uninstalled it. In theory it is gone from my system.

However, Windows Security Center still reports:

Comodo Firewall is ON

Comodo Antivirus is ON (and out of date)

Comodo Defense+ is ON (along with Windows Defender)

I know that this information is not true, as the software is literally
no longer on my computer.

I have also tried to install a different Antivirus package, which will
not install because it says that Comodo is already installed. (Which it
isn't).

Is there a way I can get the WIndows Security Center to reset and
recallibrate what is actually installed and working? Many thanks.

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:00:33 -0500, Stephan G. wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I had installed Comodo, which is a piece of junk Firewall and Antivirus
> package. I have uninstalled it. In theory it is gone from my system.
>
> However, Windows Security Center still reports:
>
> Comodo Firewall is ON
>
> Comodo Antivirus is ON (and out of date)
>
> Comodo Defense+ is ON (along with Windows Defender)
>
> I know that this information is not true, as the software is literally
> no longer on my computer.
> I have also tried to install a different Antivirus package, which will
> not install because it says that Comodo is already installed. (Which it
> isn't).
> Is there a way I can get the WIndows Security Center to reset and
> recallibrate what is actually installed and working? Many thanks.

Th software may not be uninstalled completely. Badly coded 3rd party
software such as Comodo are notorious for these troubles.

Try this:
http://forums.comodo.com/frequently_...o-t9508.0.html
http://forums.comodo.com/help_for_v2...html;topicseen
https://support.comodo.com/index.php...kbarticleid=10

Not succesfull?

Try this:
Revo Uninstaller
http://www.revouninstaller.com/

Still not succesful?

Re-install Comodo and then use Revo to uninstall.

Good luck

Kayman wrote:
>
> Th software may not be uninstalled completely. Badly coded 3rd party
> software such as Comodo are notorious for these troubles.
>
> Try this:
> http://forums.comodo.com/frequently_...o-t9508.0.html
> http://forums.comodo.com/help_for_v2...html;topicseen
> https://support.comodo.com/index.php...kbarticleid=10
>
> Not succesfull?
>
> Try this:
> Revo Uninstaller
> http://www.revouninstaller.com/
>
> Still not succesful?
>
> Re-install Comodo and then use Revo to uninstall.
>
> Good luck

Many thanks. What actually helped for me was the following steps,
provided on a different forum by a nameless (but very thanked) COMODO guru:

The problem may be resolved by re-starting the WMI repository:

1 - rt-click Command Prompt and select 'Run as Administrator'. Type the
following command:
winmgmt /verifyrepository
If you get a message "WMI repository is consistent", run the following
command:
2 - net stop winmgmt [Click Enter]
3 - cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [Click Enter]
4 - ren repository repository.old [Click Enter]
5 - net start winmgmt [Click Enter]
If you get a message "WMI repository is not consistent", run the
following command:
6 - winmgmt /salvagerepository
This will perform a consistency check on the WMI repository and resolve
the issue.
7 - Restart your machine.
8 - If you again get the following message instead: winmgmt
/salvagerepository is failed.
Ignore this message, and again run:
winmgmt /salvagerepository
Reboot.

I did not have to go past step 5 (although rebooting afterwards).

-s