Windows 10: Having Issues installing Bitdefender and Avira on my system

I had Panda installed fine on my W10 machine, but completely removed it and bought a years Bitdefender so i was going to use that.

When I try to install it, it hangs at the 99% mark, and the whole windows system hangs - file explorer wont work, none of the start bar apps or settings are clickable. I have to hard power off.

Same with Avira.

Wondering if this is a windows issue, or an issue with MBAM blocking something, or windows defender?

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All installed programs are not showing up in the Control Panel

I have installed a new antivirus program recently(I was using Bitdefender Total Security previously), Avira antivirus trial version, most probably the problem is happening after that installation, but I am not sure, though, except this, I have not installed
any other programs recently........and no troubleshooting steps are done so far

 

Windows 10 Creators update fails. Reports Avira Antivirus installed but it is not

I am trying to run the Windows 10 creators update (1709) on my system. The update reports that Avira Antivirus is not compatible with the update and must be uninstalled. Avira Antivirus is not nor never has been installed on my system.

I have searched the system and the registry for any mention of Avira and can find none.

Is there any way to force the update to ignore this and move on?

 

You need to install the bitdefender 2015 version that is compatible with windows 10.

You can get the offline install versions here.

How to install Bitdefender 2015 on Windows 10 with the offline installation kit?

You would also need to uninstall malwarebytes as bitdefender will not install if mbam is on the system, I would remove mbam & reboot then install the correct bitdefender offline kit. After that you can install mbam again.