How to remove AVG Free Antivirus

November 21, 2007

*Update – Here’s a tutorial on Uninstalling AVG 8

*Update 2 – Having troubles? Download AVG Remover here http://www.avg.com/download-tools.

I did a tutorial on how to uninstall Norton yesterday so today we will look at how to uninstall another popular anti-virus, AVG free home edition.

Sometimes you have to remove AVG Anti-Virus because it is not operating properly such as updating problems, or maybe it wont open at all and needs to be reinstalled. Whatever your reason may be for removing AVG I have some steps below to follow.

Doing a regular uninstall should remove AVG:

Start
Control Panel
Got to Add/Remove Programs or Programs > then to Uninstall a program for Vista users
Look for AVG and click on it to highlight it
Hit “Remove” and follow the instructions to uninstall AVG

If for some reason AVG uninstall failed using the normal method above, here is also another option for removing the pesky anti-virus.

Download the Avg installer here
When the download finishes click on the .exe file to run it
A Welcome box appears click “Next” and accept the user agreement
Now it will scan your computer and check the status of AVG
When it finishes scanning you should get options to “Add or Remove Components”, “Repair Installation”, and “Uninstall Product”

avg uninstall tool

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Brian May 18, 2008 at 8:41 am: I did the the required steps to remove avg 7.5.below is the follwing message I got.
Local machine:installation failed
Insatllation Error:Action failed for file avgrssvx.exe.
Stopping service….
The requested control is not valid forr this service. (1052)
I did a whole system check and recheck to no avail
I run Vista Home Premium. Thank you
Ed Bratt May 22, 2008 at 7:52 am: AVG no longer links to the AVG installer with the options to add components, repair or uninstall. A Google search for “remove AVG” shows hundreds of AVG users are having this same problem with corrupted unusable AVG anti-virus installations that they cannot get rid if.
Tyler May 24, 2008 at 4:46 am: I heard CCleaner can remove AVG files give that a try. http://www.ccleaner.com/
Keith September 5, 2008 at 10:03 am: cccleaner does not help. My problem is a partial uninstall. I have removed the executables using uninstall, but AVG has itself imbedded somewhere else in my system and I cannot get it out. It isn’t running per se, but I continually get pop-ups reminding me it’s there, do you want to upgrade, it’s turned off, etc.

I even went into everywhere in the registry that had any entries with AVG or the parent company and removed them. That did not help.

I tried downloading the latest software (8.0) because someone’s post said that would provide me with an Uninstall option. It did not.

I don’t see any services running that are obviously named that would indicate an automatically launched service.

I still see .dll’s that I cannot remove. I’m guessing that is where the problem is.

Any help would be appreciated. My email is kmasavage@gmail.com since I will probably never find this site again…

kjm
Gregory Barton October 1, 2008 at 9:18 pm: Following the steps worked, however I noticed that on the network adapters there are AVG mini ports still attached.I am unaware if they pose a problem at this time,but want them gone.
Heather October 5, 2008 at 4:25 am: Want to download a different antivirus and can’t.
I long to find a site that has this ever present prolific problem and has an even more potent solution.
I have the exact same problem as keith only that i had originally downloaded the version 8 n yeh done the ccleaner thing n not being a computer whizz, dont mess with my registry other than deleting anything with avg attached.
Very reluctant to download another program to remove this problem to inevitably turn into a problem itself.
Chris Horsburgh November 17, 2008 at 4:15 pm: ocal machine: installation failed
Installation:
Error: Action failed for file aAvgApi.exe: creating backup….
Error 0×80070020 %DESTINATION% = “C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\aAvgApi.exe.install_backup”, %SOURCE% = “C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\aAvgApi.exe”
Error 0×80004004
I have just followed the instructons above and received the above error message.

When I tried to remove it using the Windows add/remove programs it invoked the uninstaller and i received the same message. I am trying to install Panda on my new machine but won’t install until I get rid of AVG. Any one got any ideas.
Anast November 20, 2008 at 1:52 am: I have a problem in uninstalling the AVG7.5..
It says:
Local machine: installation failed
Initialization:
Error: Registry value is not of a BINARY type.

SO can anyone help me?
donnie taylor December 1, 2008 at 12:39 pm: I would like to remove avg from my computer but will not remove could you please help do it
bongochris December 9, 2008 at 11:06 am: download REGSEEKER (Google it)…its free
open it up and click installed applications – you will see it on the right hand side.Right click and delete..
If this dont work (as it didnt for me) click “find in registry” on the left, then search for AVG, then delete everything it finds on the right. Worked for me…
James December 15, 2008 at 8:04 am: I’m also trying to uninstall AVG8 as i wish to install Kaspersky. Tried uninstall and also searched for AVG files and them deleted them, but still not all gone. Anyone with any other suggestions?
Frog December 25, 2008 at 4:17 pm: I had the same problem so I emailed sales support at kaspersky and they sent me an email with a link to totally uninstall avast.
Problem fixed.
cheers
K Jay January 4, 2009 at 5:54 pm: I’m also trying to uninstall AVG8 as i wish to install Kaspersky. Tried uninstall and also searched for AVG files and them deleted them, but still not all gone. Anyone with any other suggestions?
trinamom January 6, 2009 at 12:34 am: ok Frog 12/25 – could you please post that link that kaspersky shared with you so we don’t all need to ask them. Please thanks if you do
Grizzey65 January 10, 2009 at 4:14 pm: Here is the link to remove avast that Kaspersky recommended I believe.Go to avast unistall utility and follow the instructions.This may or may not work but what the heck try it . It didnt for me but hey ya never know. Anyother ideas are welcome.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-uninstall-utility.html
Grizzey65 January 10, 2009 at 4:39 pm: After trying my own suggestion of Avast Ulitity remover it did not work. I took entry #10′s bongochris’s advice and what he said would happen did and guess what a ton of root files for AVG… imagine that. I deleted all that I found that was AVG and removed it. Kaspersky is loaded and all is good. Thank you very much bongochris you are a life saver.Google REGSEEKER and follow instructions. TYTY again Bongochris
paul February 7, 2009 at 5:50 am: i run vista on my pc i have been trying to remove this AVG antivirus but it cant just go. i want to install a deffrent antivirus on my system.help plse. i have used the normal method but nothing so fa.
webber February 9, 2009 at 12:41 pm: I had similar problem on my Windows XP PC. AVG Free (8.0) just reported error and stopped the uninstall process. I rebooted to Safe Mode and run the AVG Free install program that’s available from AVG website (note that you may not be able to uninstall AVG from Control Panel even in Safe Mode), and select uninstall current program when being asked.
gwatts12 February 14, 2009 at 3:02 pm: Thanks webber. I have been trying to uninstall a malfunctioning AVG for a while. I kept getting annoying Error messages. Your solution above worked!
Webnetz February 17, 2009 at 5:34 am: AVG sucks. My computer was fine until i installed avg. i tried to installed mcfee but it wont letme know. I hate avg
Indra P Biswas February 26, 2009 at 6:10 am: Dear All,

I did it and all thanks to ….
bongochris you really are a life saver.
REGSEEKER and followed instructions.
starwalker February 26, 2009 at 11:10 pm: Get the AVG Remover tool here:
http://www.avg.com/download-tools
It removes everything AVG – settings, registry, virus vault, everything.
jamie u.k. March 20, 2009 at 9:49 am: tried all your stuff,avgs own superdelete programme,regseeker,yada yada,avg still deeply embedded in kernels,dlls,finally was put on to revo,guess what,even when avg asked me to close revo,and its own programme for delete.ignored it and shazam,avg all gone..search on google,its totally free,unlike a lot of them that show you that the free download isnt if you want to repair..revo is a great file deletin programme ,hope this helps
Tai March 23, 2009 at 6:14 am: Revo Uninstaller is a great program, this should help lots of people who have troubles removing AVG. Download it here for free http://www.revouninstaller.com/
ben March 31, 2009 at 1:01 am: Stupid AVG’s .dll files are stuck on my comp been tryin to remove them for months any suggestions?
Eric April 8, 2009 at 5:21 pm: Hello all,

If you are using vista download the AVG remover from the AVG website and then save it to your desktop, if you right click the icon and then click run as administrator. The uninstall should be flawless after that
Jean April 13, 2009 at 7:09 am: Smart… Eric ways works great!Thanks
najihan21 April 20, 2009 at 4:30 am: i can’t get rid that the avg 8 so i can’t install the new anti virus…. …

please help me … i’m really bored with this anti virus!!!
ankit jain April 25, 2009 at 8:58 am: please help me for removing avg8.0 . this finding an error in creating a backup.
mary weiser April 27, 2009 at 10:03 am: Still cannot find how to uninstall avg 7.5, isn’t listed in program files.
Tai May 3, 2009 at 12:07 pm: The comments here have a wealth of information please read all the comments, if you have troubles removing AVG try some of these suggestions from the comments:

http://www.ccleaner.com/
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm Download RegSeeker and follow comment #10′s advice.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-uninstall-utility.html
http://www.avg.com/download-tools
http://www.revouninstaller.com/
amfufu May 6, 2009 at 6:11 pm: http://www.amfufu.com/2009/05/01/how-to-uninstall-avg-free-when-control-panel-uninstall-install-fails-and-an-avg-installation-error-is-displayed/
commonsense247 May 8, 2009 at 11:32 am: Found this by trial and error:

If uninstalling AVG results in an error, shut down the test center and quit any remaining processes running (cntrl-alt-del). Might be called AVGMC or something like that.

Go to oldversion.com and under security programs find AVG and then the version you have installed. Download it and run it. During the installation it should provide you with the option to uninstall AVG, and do so.
It should complete and once you reboot, AVG is completely removed.

Hope that solves your problem.. it did mine.
brian May 16, 2009 at 7:05 am: THX STARWALKER!
finally, got rid of avg for good! the avgremover tool works awesome, but u gotta be patient… the window looks like it’s not doing anything for awhile, then it kicks in… so just let it run and it will get rid of avg for u…
brian
eugenio May 21, 2009 at 9:23 am: Thank you a lot Eric, it did work as you has said!
Santini
math3w June 20, 2009 at 6:08 am: Ive Avg antivirus and now i wanna uninstall it but will it clean out the virus vault ??
pls its urgent.
Trudy Parker September 21, 2009 at 6:53 am: I found this Squidoo page through Google search results, when I was having problems uninstalling AVG 8 so i can install Norton instead. That was the easiest process by far from all the other stuff i tried , I hope it helps everyone out there.

http://www.squidoo.com/uninstallavg
Diko October 3, 2009 at 2:39 am: I tell you guys AVG sucks, and its such a pain when you want to get rid of it, from my heart, I HATE AVG, i hope the advice above will help, lemmi give it a shot
Tai October 5, 2009 at 8:29 am: Microsoft recently released their free anti-virus people go check it out http://askabouttech.com/download-microsoft-free-antivirus/
zhe October 28, 2009 at 5:37 am: http://www.amfufu.com/2009/05/01/how-to-uninstall-avg-free-when-control-panel-uninstall-install-fails-and-an-avg-installation-error-is-displayed/

use the link on the site. its freaking useful i swear. don’t bother yourself with ccleaner etc. = = its useless.
Igwe Victoria October 29, 2009 at 5:32 am: I want to remove AVG Anti-Virus form my computer
Neil November 26, 2009 at 9:18 pm: Downloaded avgremover from http://www.avg.com/download-tools & that did the trick. Thanks AVG folks
hariaie February 6, 2010 at 4:42 pm: hello, normally to install other antivirus, your must uninstall all the old antivirus include hidden file. Antivirus like avg, avast, F-Secure, BitDefender, Norton and McAfee have own remover tool, check this out…..
Ed April 10, 2010 at 2:48 pm: I had 2 problems at once, namely when i downloaded something, it dissapeared which was said to be caused by AVG, and i couldn’t remove the troublemaker…
Eventually i deleted the interior of AVG folder in Program Files, then i could download AVG removal tool from AVG homepage, restored all the stuff from garbage bin, and removed em all with the tool…waited for my PC to restart and voilâ! works for me! Good luck to you others, hope this helps, nasty bugger, AVG can be! (Also if you’re using Vista, and the remover tool doesn’t work, remember to run as admin)
Beanie June 2, 2010 at 8:24 pm: We did a dowload of avg free 9.0 after doing that we can’t get to our faccebook log in ,it goes there and then goes away fast ,leaving a white blank page. If I get a notice form a person on facebooka nd click to respond to it from email then I can log in? What did we do wrong?
Frozenfire June 25, 2010 at 10:13 pm: I have same problem w/ AVG @sshole free 8.0 on my windows vista….I tried revouninstaller, perfectuninstaller but didn’t work because when you use the revo or perfectuninstaller to uninstall AVG!!,,The AVG uses his own uninstaller tools and there error and error and error will appear…..I HATE AVG…..
frozenfire_04 June 26, 2010 at 5:41 pm: Try to use AVG uninstaller,,works w/ my AVG 8.5 and it’s completely remove..Try also REGSEEKER to remove all left-over items from AVG…..
FEE FEE July 3, 2010 at 12:28 am: AVG SUCK AND IT NEED TO DIE BECAUSE IT HURTS PEOPLE AND THERE FAMILY SO WITH TO GET THIS COMPANY OUT OF THE NET.
AVG fails August 30, 2010 at 2:33 am: Hello,
I have tried to remove AVG 7.5.549 from my computer with RegCleaner, CCleaner and lastly with Revo.

According to Revo, all traces of AVG have been removed from my computer, however, when I attempt to install the latest version of AVG, the installation wizard asks me to remove AVG 7.5.549 from my system.

I have also tried using AVG’s Remover Utility but to no avail.
Any suggestions?