Uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security – Remove 2013/2012

Posted on October 10th, 2012 by Rashad Carnevale

Have you found that the internet speed had been slowed down, your installed Web browser(s) like Mozilla Firefox just got frozen, and/or your Windows 7 even told you that you just did not have any “Virus protection” on your computer?! More?

First off, please log on to your Windows as system administrator; to check the currently installed edition of Bitdefender Internet Security 2013, you can directly go to Uninstall or change a program or Add or Remove Programs, then you see the details about the one you had installed like mine below, “Product version, 16.16.0.1348″. And to quickly resolve those annoying issues above that might be associated with any old version of Bitdefender Internet Security you installed, you then turn back to the main platform, the cool black UI, click on the Help & Support entry on its right corner; for Windows Vista or Windows 7 guys, then you select the Yes option from the below UAC by the IntegratedSupport.exe, and then you click the Contact Support, telling “Click here to contact the support team”, for more related information, such as the newest version of it. If you would have found that you had an old version installed, you then enter the UPDATE section, click the Update Now button to automatically upgrade your current version of Bitdefender Internet Security application, save and reboot, then you re-check those problems you met before – or you can also download and install the latest official installation package to overinstall the current one, and/or you follow the below detailed methods and you can also use the following uninstaller program to completely uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security you have, then you re-install the latest edition of it.

Now, you could refer to the below uninstall methods uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security on your Windows

Method 1

  1. Click Start menu, then open All Programs or Programs list.

  2. You will see the Bitdefender 2013 entry on the list, enter it.

  3. To automatically uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security, you then launch the Repair or Uninstall application created in the folder using your administrator rights.

  4. For Windows 7 or Windows Vista users, you then need to select the Yes option from the below blue UAC window, read more details on it to help you successfully uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security.
    • Program name: Bitdefender Installation File
    • Verified publisher: Bitdefender SRL
    • File origin: Hard drive on this computer
    • Program location: “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Bitdefender\SetupInformation\{3448…”

  5. Then you will see the following Repair or uninstall Bitdefender – Choose an operation window displayed, please select the “Remove – Removes Bitdefender 2013 from your computer.” option on it. Otherwise, you had been running a problematic one on your Windows, then you choose the “Repair – Fixes missing or corrupted files.” option first to restore your Bitdefender Internet Security, and then re-launch the below Remove option to uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security automatically. And if you would still have other difficulties uninstalling it, try this force uninstall option by clicking here; and click here for more support. And if you’ve chosen the Repair option, read the related section below.

  6. Then you read the following details listed on the below Uninstall Bitdefender window, there, you would have another chance to fix or reset your Bitdefender Internet Security product; for more common cases, to cleanly uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security, you then can choose the “FULL uninstall of Bitdefender” option, click the green Next button.
    • Info: Why do you want to uninstall Bitdefender?
    • Option 1: Reinstall/change my Bitdefender product – This option will remove the current version of Bitdefender from your PC so you can reinstall the same product or install a different version of the product.
    • Option 2: FULL uninstall of Bitdefender – This option will completely remove Bitdefender from your PC. You can still install a Bitdefender product at a later time.
    • Additional Information: Please take a moment to complete our survey and tell us a little about your experience using the product. Your insight allows us to continue to meet the evolving online security needs of our world customers, and ultimately makes the Web a safer place for everyone.

  7. Wait. Save and Restart your Windows computer.

Use the following Method 2 to fully uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security from your computer…

  1. Click Start, then the Settings and/or the Control Panel directly.

  2. And then the Uninstall a program or Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel window.
  3. Right there, you need to launch and complete the above standard uninstall of Bitdefender Internet Security item listed I’ve detailed.

    4. Tip: you can also right click on Bitdefender Internet Security 2013, launch the Uninstall option on right menu to uninstall it.

  4. After that, you may need to uninstall the unwanted component of Bitdefender Internet Security 2013, Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable – 10.0.402.219. Read or review some more info on it.
    • Size: 11.1 MB
    • Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
    • Product version: 10.0.40219
    • Help link: http://go[dot]microsoft[dot]co…
    • Comments: Caution. Removing this product …

  5. Save and restart your machine.

Should you just could NOT complete the above express uninstallation of Bitdefender Internet Security, please download and run this uninstaller tool to force uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security in your system.

NOTE The above window said that “Bitdefender services are not responding. The Bitdefender Security Service (vsserv.exe) is unavailable at the moment. Please restart the computer and try again. If the problem persists, please check our online support website at www[dot]bitdefender[dot]com. The contact information provided on this site allows you to directly reach the Bitdefender Costumer (Customer?) Care team for further information.”.

How to automatically fix or restore your Bitdefender Internet Security program?

  1. Re-launch the Repair or Uninstall option in BIS folder, select Yes from the same UAC box.

  2. Select the Repair from the below “Choose an operation”.

  3. You will see the below Repair Progress window and related details on its auto-repair procedure like the “Uninstall files” and then the “Install files”. Please be patient.

  4. Save and reboot.

In case that you had deleted or you just could not find the above Repair or Uninstall option, download and run the following bitdefender_isecurity.exe, the official online installer of Bitdefender Internet Security 2013. Read or review some more details about it.

  • Type of file: Application (.exe)
  • Description: bitdefender_isecurity
  • Size: 2.31 MB (2,426,232 bytes)
  • Size on disk: 2.31 MB (2,428,928 bytes)
  • Digital Signatures: Yes and shown below
  • SHA256: 50eda0f382b96bbc6d72cbc13c06259abb00cfb572a6a396e92a413ed1bf7aca
  • SHA1: df1266a70c5b3dce348016abe2f8670c38dff475
  • MD5: 3edea8ac0f232d5f188716fae75aa7d2
  • Detection ratio: 1 / 43 (by TrendMicro-HouseCall, TROJ_GEN.F47V0808)
  • Analysis date: 2012-10-10 12:51:22 UTC ( 1 minute ago )

Follow the below steps to (re-)install Bitdefender Internet Security 2013:

  • Run the downloaded official installer file as admin.
  • Click Yes on the below UAC window if you would meet it.

  • Click the Yes button on the below Bitdefender window, telling “Another version of Bitdefender was found on your system. In order to continue the installation process, you must first remove this version. Do you want to continue? If you click no, you will not be able to install the new version of Bitdefender(.)”.

  • Please wait for the below Upgrade Progress to complete its new installation of the required files.

  • Click the green Finish button on the following “Bitdefender has been upgraded” window, telling “You have successfully installed Bitdefender Internet Security 2013 (.)”.

  • Save and reboot your Windows. Then review or repeat the above uninstall steps to uninstall Bitdefender Internet Security completely.

Well, so far you should be able to uninstall or downgrade the Bitdefender Internet Security 2013 on your computer, if you’re still having issues on the uninstall procedure, please submit us some more details here and use this powerful Windows uninstaller to help you forcibly rid of it.

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