Bitdefender Total Security
A guide to uninstall Bitdefender Total Security from your system
You can find on this page details on how to remove Bitdefender Total Security for Windows. It is written by Bitdefender. Go over here where you can get more info on Bitdefender. Usually the Bitdefender Total Security application is installed in the C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove Bitdefender Total Security by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Common Files\Bitdefender\SetupInformation\CL-27-D4E8BD33-2A8C-47B4-B1A1-1DDC2F50715C\installer.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 605.52 KB (620056 bytes) on disk and is named agentcontroller.exe.Bitdefender Total Security is comprised of the following executables which take 33.63 MB (35261200 bytes) on disk:
- agentcontroller.exe (605.52 KB)
- bdfvcl.exe (431.41 KB)
- bdfvwiz.exe (970.65 KB)
- bdload.exe (100.02 KB)
- bdntwrk.exe (905.59 KB)
- bdreinit.exe (1.72 MB)
- bdservicehost.exe (829.42 KB)
- bdtpwiz.exe (976.76 KB)
- bduserhost.exe (1.43 MB)
- bdwinre.exe (193.45 KB)
- clwinre.exe (1.78 MB)
- downloader.exe (1.17 MB)
- ffutils.exe (68.77 KB)
- hntwhlpr.exe (1.90 MB)
- mitm_install_tool_dci.exe (1.73 MB)
- nativeauth.exe (41.56 KB)
- odslv.exe (879.88 KB)
- productcfg.exe (1.81 MB)
- testinitsigs.exe (4.25 MB)
- updatesrv.exe (276.10 KB)
- updcenter.exe (1.14 MB)
- vulnerability.scan.exe (2.41 MB)
- wsccommunicator.exe (498.73 KB)
- wsccommunicator_ls.exe (496.81 KB)
- wscfix.exe (897.55 KB)
- ffutils.exe (59.67 KB)
- analysecrash.exe (1.46 MB)
- genptch.exe (1.26 MB)
- installer.exe (675.05 KB)
The information on this page is only about version 27.0.30.140 of Bitdefender Total Security. Click on the links below for other Bitdefender Total Security versions:
- 26.0.14.62
- 23.0.19.85
- 17.15.0.682
- 25.0.26.89
- 25.0.21.80
- 26.0.32.109
- 26.0.35.174
- 26.0.10.45
- 22.0.21.297
- 26.0.12.52
- 23.0.10.34
- 27.0.16.86
- 17.28.0.1191
- 17.21.0.925
- 17.22.0.967
- 26.0.30.102
- 26.0.14.64
- 26.0.23.80
- 26.0.18.74
- 17.29.0.1235
- 24.0.16.91
- 26.0.25.87
- 23.0.24.120
- 23.0.11.48
- 25.0.2.14
- 22.0.8.114
- 24.0.3.17
- 25.0.23.81
- 17.16.0.729
- 22.0.15.189
- 22.0.17.205
- 26.0.34.145
- 22.0.12.161
- 22.0.19.242
- 17.18.0.808
- 23.0.24.127
- 22.1.6.248
- 22.0.18.224
- 24.0.6.26
- 17.26.0.1106
- 27.0.16.87
- 25.0.19.75
- 25.1.1.2417
- 17.27.0.1146
- 22.0.10.141
- 17.20.0.883
- 23.0.10.32
- 17.24.0.1033
- 26.0.12.59
- 17.13.0.551
- 27.0.25.115
- 23.0.8.20
- 24.0.9.46
- 26.0.7.34
- 22.0.1.1
- 17.31.0.1328
- 26.0.18.75
- 23.0.14.61
- 25.0.21.78
- 24.0.16.95
- 27.0.14.69
- 24.0.24.131
- 27.0.30.136
- 26.0.12.56
- 17.19.0.831
- 26.0.14.65
- 25.0.7.29
- 22.0.18.222
- 24.0.12.69
- 25.0.19.73
- 26.0.3.27
- 27.0.27.129
- 17.30.0.1275
- 22.0.8.118
- 26.0.33.136
- 26.0.3.29
- 24.0.26.138
- 26.0.27.90
- 17.11.0.395
- 25.0.28.100
- 25.0.14.58
- 26.0.28.94
- 17.25.0.1074
- 26.0.16.69
- 26.0.1.15
- 26.0.1.21
- 22.0.8.110
- 24.0.14.85
- 25.0.10.52
- 24.0.9.52
- 24.0.6.31
- 26.0.21.78
- 24.0.3.15
- 24.0.20.116
- 25.0.7.34
- 24.0.14.80
- 23.0.8.17
- 23.0.22.97
- 17.23.0.996
- 23.0.16.72
Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are shown below.
Folders remaining:
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security
Generally, the following files remain on disk:
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\accessl.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\agentcontroller.exe
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\amsiscan.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antimalware_provider32.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antimalware_provider64.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing.db
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\op_sign.slf
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\op_sign.xlf
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\ph_proxy.dat
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\ph_sign.slf
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\ph_sign.xlf
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\ph_update.txt
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\ph_white.dat
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\phconf.ini
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\phversion.txt
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\versions.dat
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\versions.id
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\versions.sig
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\versions3.dat
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\versions3.id
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\Antiphishing_000_001\versions3.sig
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\bdconnect.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\bdconnectal.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\bdelev.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\bdusers.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\bdutils.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\bdwfadv.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\concrt140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\ffutils.exe
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\framework.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\log.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\messaging.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\messaging_ipc.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\mfc140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\mfc140u.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\mfcm140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\mfcm140u.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\msgbus.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\msvcp140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\msvcp140_1.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\msvcp140_2.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\safeelevatedrun.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\sciter.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\sqlite3.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\subscriptional.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\txmlutil.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\ucrtbase.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\ui\ltr\commoncss.ui
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\vcamp140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\vccorlib140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\vcomp140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\vcredist.cat
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\vcruntime140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\wslib.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\wspack.dll
- C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\antispam32\wsutils.dll
Registry that is not removed:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Total Security
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Bitdefender
Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\mitm_install_tool_dci.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\mitm_install_tool_dci.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BDAppSrv\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BDAuxSrv\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BDProtSrv\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BDSafepaySrv\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\UPDATESRV\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSSERV\ImagePath
A way to remove Bitdefender Total Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Bitdefender Total Security is an application marketed by the software company Bitdefender. Frequently, computer users try to erase this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this manually requires some knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE manner to erase Bitdefender Total Security is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.
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- download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Click on the General Tools category
4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will appear
6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Bitdefender Total Security or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Bitdefender Total Security". The Bitdefender Total Security app will be found automatically. After you click Bitdefender Total Security in the list of applications, some data regarding the program is available to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Bitdefender Total Security, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
8. After removing Bitdefender Total Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Bitdefender Total Security which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Bitdefender Total Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Bitdefender Total Security by Bitdefender from your computer, we are not saying that Bitdefender Total Security by Bitdefender is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Bitdefender Total Security in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
2024-03-07 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
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