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I have a laptop with Windows Vista. Actually the laptop has been offered by my Mom’s office. She works in ONGC. Its an Indian public sector firm dealin in oil and natural gas.

The office people had installed trend micro officescan without our permission. And i was getting too irritated with it as many things were not functioning because of it. I wanted to remove it and install AVG internet security.

But i noticed, to remove trend officescan, you need a password. And i didnt have it.  After searchin over the internet, i came to know how to remove it. Here’s how to do that:

To remove / reset the uninstall password for Trend Micro OfficeScan

1. Edit Ofcscan.ini file.
   On Windows.95/98 machines it is usually in C:WindowsOfcscan.ini
   On Windows.NT/2K machines it is usually in C:WINNTOfcscan.ini
   I found it in C:Program Files…   Remember that i’ve got a windows vista.

2. Open the Ofcscan.ini file using notepad. search for the [INI_CLIENT_SECTION].
   (In vista, i was unable to edit the file. So what i did was.. copied the file from the folder nd pasted it in desktop. I deleted the original file and then edited the desktop file as mentioned below and then pasted it back in the original folder.)

3. Find the line reading Uninstall_Pwd= and type a “#” (without inverted commas) at the beginning of the line to comment it out.

4. Insert a new line saying Uninstall_Pwd=70

5. Save the Ofcscan.ini file and retry the uninstall. When it prompts you for a password, enter  ‘1′ as the password.

Thats it… you’ll be easily able to remove it now. i hope, this article have helped you out. If any query, please do post here. i’ll be more than glad to help you.