Have you ever lived with a roommate who didn’t share your sense of “neatness?” Either the roommate would leave everything behind, seemingly oblivious to the fact that living neatly has its benefits, or you might be the offender, and be left feeling like you couldn’t keep up with your roommate’s sense of order no matter how hard you tried. In the world of software, most programs have a specific sense of “order” that’s been written into them by software designers who spend a lot of time thinking about how things should be, right down to the software uninstallation.

And Then There Are The Rest…
Then, there are the programs that don’t have that sense of order. These software programs don’t care about what libraries have gotten overwritten, what’s been entered into the registry, or what the impact of this mess is on the user. You can imagine, therefore, that the designers haven’t devoted much thought to what happens when you want to get rid of the software.

Consequently, you may be left with software that installed easily enough, but is impossible to get rid of. Some malicious software, like root kits, viruses and malware, don’t get the star treatment when it comes to program design, so they tend to leave a lot of damage in their wake. Getting rid of malware can be an exercise in frustration, and sometimes requires special removal tools.

Good anti-virus software will be able to remove most malware infections. A/V software tends to be pretty methodical about removing the pernicious programs and their associated files, but that doesn’t mean that every A/V program gets every piece of software every time. For really tough removal problems, you need a program that is designed to “seek and destroy” the software you don’t want.

I have often recommended Perfect Uninstaller for really tough cases, but as a professional technician, I find that the software that works as expected each time I use it earns a special place in my toolkit. When a software becomes so reliable at what it does, when you know …. really know that you’re going to get what you need from it…, it becomes an indispensable tool. Perfect Uninstaller has earned this designation with me. I can remove even the most stubborn programs – good and bad – from a computer with just a few simple clicks of the mouse.

Perfect Uninstaller makes everything available for removal and then removes it. There are no files that are hidden or grayed out on the user interface. If a file is on your computer, Perfect Uninstaller will allow you to remove it, and in my very busy professional life, having a highly reliable tool is worth every penny.

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