How to remove Total Antivirus 2020

What is Total Antivirus 2020

Total Antivirus 2020 is determined as a rogue security program. It duplicates features of legitimate antimalware software including spyware detection, network privacy, and update option to keep your PC up-to-date. Unfortunately, Total Antivirus 2020 does not provide any bit of usefulness for its customers because it generates fake lists of threats. It also bombards your desktop with warning messages to intimidate that users’ PC is compromised and needs urgent recovery. In fact, your computer can be completely virus-free and does not demand any security suite. After Total Antivirus 2020 shows a list of found issues, it instantly urges you to purchase the full edition to get rid of these problems. Otherwise, you can become a victim of hackers controlling your data and sending it to a private server host. Moreover, this rogue application can open websites with explicit content to increase the sense of danger. Either way, we insist on deleting Total Antivirus 2020 and not wasting your money on its empty capabilities. Our guide will explain both removal instructions and protection tips below.

How Total Antivirus 2020 infected your computer

Since Total Antivirus 2020 is deemed to be a Potentially Unwanted Program, the way it could appear on your system is after installing freeware. This means that you could potentially download a repack from third-parties resources that contained promoted software. To prevent inadvertent installations of unwanted software, you should deselect it under “Advanced” or “Custom” sections during the setup, and only then complete the installation of an intended program. Unfortunately, this does not guarantee full safety against such threats, because they can be hidden without the ability to disable. Sometimes, the downloaded software may turn out to be a virus disguised as a legitimate program. Thus, the best way to stay 100% safe is downloading software only from official/trusted websites and not trying to bypass paid programs.

Remove Total Antivirus 2020 manually for free

Here is a manual step-by-step tutorial for full Total Antivirus 2020 removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of Total Antivirus 2020 installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Remove Total Antivirus 2020 from Control Panel

To start removing Total Antivirus 2020 you should remove it using Control Panel. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

Remove Total Antivirus 2020 from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Total Antivirus 2020.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Total Antivirus 2020 from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Total Antivirus 2020 and click Uninstall.

Remove Total Antivirus 2020 from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Total Antivirus 2020, click Uninstall.

Remove Total Antivirus 2020 from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Total Antivirus 2020 from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Total Antivirus 2020 in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate Total Antivirus 2020 in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall Total Antivirus 2020

In some cases, Total Antivirus 2020 won’t uninstall and gives you message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Total Antivirus 2020. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing Total Antivirus 2020 folder and files. This happens, because file wtc.exe or service does not allow you to do it. In this case I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Total Antivirus 2020 in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove Total Antivirus 2020

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Total Antivirus 2020 files:

Opi78GhZvbLteAl9.exe
Total Antivirus 2020.lnk


Total Antivirus 2020 folders:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Lpo89Hg5AbzmL\

Total Antivirus 2020 registry keys:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "EnableLUA"= REG_DWORD, 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender "DisableAntiSpyware"="REG_DWORD", 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableTaskMgr"="REG_DWORD", 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Windows Security Service"="REG_SZ" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Lpo89Hg5AbzmL\Opi78GhZvbLteAl9.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System "DisableCMD"="REG_DWORD", 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR SFX "C\Program Files (x86)%Lpo89Hg5AbzmL"="REG_SZ", "C:\Program Files (x86)\Lpo89Hg5AbzmL"

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