{"id":8981,"date":"2016-04-30T15:17:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T22:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riguy.com\/?page_id=8981"},"modified":"2019-03-21T15:01:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T22:01:01","slug":"eset-antivirus-after-windows-10-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?page_id=8981","title":{"rendered":"ESET Antivirus After Windows 10 Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After doing a Windows 10 update from Windows 8.1, I had some issues with ESET Anti Virus software. I got this notice to reinstall the &#8216;newer version&#8217; of the application.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9001 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eset.jpg\" alt=\"eset\" width=\"541\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eset.jpg 541w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eset-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I fought it as much as I could, but I had no choice. I removed it.<\/div>\n<div>But &#8230;. I still got notices and same error.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To get rid of ESET completely: Leave Update ESET EndPoint Antivirus window open [as seen in pic above] &#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Go to Task\u00a0Manager [on touch screen, just hold your finger on task bar for 2 seconds to get there, otherwise, right-click on Taskbar], go to processes, \u00a0locate &#8216;ESET Windows 10 Update (32 bit)&#8217; or the top-level ESET folder, like here&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eset1.jpg\" alt=\"eset1\" width=\"672\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eset1.jpg 672w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/eset1-300x22.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Right click it &#8211; Open File Location. After the folder location opens, close or &#8220;END TASK&#8221; of the previous process first &#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Back in the folder: Go up to &#8216;AV&#8217; and delete the ESET folder. Restart and verify the ESET Upgrade window no longer opens.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After doing a Windows 10 update from Windows 8.1, I had some issues with ESET Anti Virus software. I got this notice to reinstall the &#8216;newer version&#8217; of the application. I fought it as much as I could, but I had no choice. I removed it. But &#8230;. I still got notices and same error. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?page_id=8981\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ESET Antivirus After Windows 10 Upgrade&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":681,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8981","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10522,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8981\/revisions\/10522"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}