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Remove iolo System Shield 3 Internet Security Services After Uninstallation

Posted By Raymond In Category: Computer

May
24
2009

Two months ago I shared with you a tip on how to obtain 1 year iolo System Shield 3 Internet Security license for free. It is a full security suite that includes antivirus, firewall, antispyware, system guard, and system optimizer. The offer is still working but unfortunately not many users liked it since it uses a lot of memory and there are some compatibility problems with Vista.

After uninstalling iolo System Shield 3 Internet Security, you will find that the uninstaller does not complete removes iolo System Shield 3 from your computer. Try running Windows Task Manager and you will still find ioloServiceManager.exe process running taking up nearly 10MB of your memory.
uninstall iolo service manager
Although it only shows one iolo process that is running, but in fact there are 4 iolo services running in background. There will also be some files leftover in C:\Program Files\iolo folder which you cannot delete because the files are still in used.

I’ve tried searching for an iolo removal tool but they don’t have one. No worries about that because I will show you how to safely remove the iolo services from your computer.


Just follow the simple steps below on how to clean up iolo after uninstallation.

1. Go to Start > Run, type services.msc and click OK.

2. A Services window will appear. Scroll down and look for iolo FileInfoList Service, iolo Product Update Service, iolo System Guard, and iolo System Service. Double click on all 4 services, and set the Startup type as Disabled.
disable iolo services

3. Restart your computer.

4. Download Total Service and Driver Control (TSDC), extract and run TSDC.exe

5. TSDC will start to enumerate services and drivers. When it’s done, click the OK button. Select the iolo services and click the Remove button. Do that on all 4 iolo services.
delete iolo services

6. Restart your computer.

7. Go to C:\Program Files\ and delete the whole iolo folder.

Now iolo service has been totally removed from your computer and theoretically freed up some memory. iolo should be aware of this issue and fix their uninstaller to remove the leftover services. Be careful when using TSDC to remove drivers from your computer because the last time I did that, it corrupted the driver registry and I couldn’t reinstall the driver. Finally I found out that I had to delete the UpperFilters and LowerFilters to fix it.


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    • BillyDaGreat

      What about your Total Uninstaller?
      It not work?

    • nawa2din

      good sharing
      ray…any heard about promotion for system mechanic?
      i thinl sys. mechanic is very good software.I don’t need to format my pc when i had problem.

    • mafia87

      Last time that i used the iolo prudect is about 5 years ago.. the pruduct is great at that time, but the later versions have been really problematic… with high memory usage and compability problem.. I even have to reformat my computer because of the ‘cleaning’ in System Mechanic… Thank for the article BTW.. :)

    • http://www.raymond.cc/ Raymond

      Billy, not everyone uses Total Uninstall ;)

    • http://blognya.za3mon.com Za3mOn

      wow thanks, useful tips :)

    • billy13

      Worst antivirus ever…!!!

    • Junn

      Although I didn’t like the idea of System Shield 3 Internet Security and I indeed avoided testing it, I wish to thank Raymond for sharing this much-needed information and procedure. Many who got mired in iolo’s sinkhole have been looking for this.

    • Bill

      Thanks, Raymond. Excellent information, as usual.

    • rob

      Thanx 4 this. Did not even no this crap was still running as task manager showed nothing. using KAV now thanx 2 u.

    • Craig

      Hi Raymond,

      Just a question to complete my understanding of this very useful information, which will probably be of use to a lot of people who have problems of the same type with other programs.

      What do you mean when you say at the end:-

      “… I found out that I had to delete the UpperFilters and LowerFilters to fix it.”

      What filters are these?

    • Robert Damron

      could you please inform me how to get total uninstall to work the iolo is a waste of time and no good

    • Robert

      would you please let me know how to get the uninstaller to work

    • http://www.manyholes.com ahbing

      lots of useful information here. I wonder why I did not find your page when I needed the help.

      found this blog through liewcf.com /top10 blogs. subscribed to your RSS already.

    • http://madhabspace.blogspot.com SUNKUMARSPACE

      IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE TO REMOVE THE UNWANTED SERVICES AFTER THE UNINSTALLATION OF SOFTWARES SAY LIKE COMMODO AFTER UNINSTALLATION ITS SERVICESS STILL EXISTS IN SERVICES.EXE TAKING SOME REOSURCES UNWANTEDLY ?

    • Michael C.

      Thanks Ray, had the same problem

    • Mario de la Nuez

      Ray;

      Maybe you can help me, everytime i try to run system mechanic it can not link to the site to verify my credentials, so i can’t run the program.
      when i try to link to iolo.com i get message link broken.
      Do they have a customer service phone number, i can’t find one.

      thank you ahead of time for any help you can give me

    • pramu

      Thanks ray, facing the same problem .

    • zeph

      Ray please help me out i have installed systemshield antivirus on my laptop it now diplays a blue screen with red leteers on top of warning.my laptop does not open in windows.it does not allow anything to be loaded.it appears to be locked by antivirus.how do i get it back running.it keeps saying the systemshield is infected when i click continue it wants me to register yet it does not allow nothing to be loaded.

      please Ray help me urgently.please ray also send me serial number for new kaspersky,i’m the fun of kaspersky but i miss on your bithday free gift of new kaspersky code.

      thanks Ray bye, for now keep well.

    • Robert Fopeano

      I have used Iolo for some without any spectacular results. But when I loaded their latest version, it brought my
      Visita Ultimate system to it’s knees. Unbelievable! Somehow without running into the problems mentioned in this post, I was able to uninstall the monster and restore my system to a healthy state. The Good Lord must have be looking after me on that day.
      How these people can on boasting about their crap software is indeed mystifying and teaches us all never to believe what you read and only half of what your see.

    • pradheep

      Thanks. I tried your software to remove iola. But it doesnt work. even after restarting it is there. what should I do?

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