I was going through my registry and I found an entire list of previously used firewalls and AV’s. Each of these programs has been completely installed and removed from my computer quite a while ago. After I found these entries I deleted them since they are utterly useless and just take up space. However, I reopened the registry and all the entries rewrote them selves back to where the were before I deleted them.
What is going on? Why can I not remove these useless entries and how do I permanently get rid of them?
Wouldn’t this be considered malware since it is not removable and rewrites itself after being deleted? These are entries from big named companies like norton, mcafee, and several others.