tetonbob

Please explain why I now see three antivirus applications installed...

Avira, Panda and now Bitdefender

I see you have more than one Anti-Virus program installed, Avira, Panda Platinum Internet Security and now Bitdefender. While this may seem like greater protection, it can cause problems including slowdowns and system hangs. Choose one to keep and uninstall the other.

Any antivirus program must be removed via add/remove program.
For any program that doesn't have an add/remove entry, you will have to do this:

re-install the program -> reboot -> uninstall

Of the three, I would keep Avira. It's free, and effective. Your choice, though...but the choice must be made before we continue.



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