I downloaded avg 8 free edition running win xp however, I have now lost internet connection connecting through a pppoe
connection. After checking device manager I am showing two instances of via networking ethernet adapter avg miniport driver and avg miniport driver both with bangs when trying to uninstall them it won’t allow the uninstall. How do I remove these, I have already uninstalled the avg software.
Try reinstalling AVG yes I know that sounds stupid and counter productive but just give it a try. So go and download the latest AVG free edition antivirus and install it. Run the installer file, when that’s finished find the “Select Setup Type” dialog, there should be a “Uninstall Product” option in there. When the uninstall process finishes reboot the computer. Hope this helps.
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I ran into a very similar problem.
I am running the full version of AVG 8.0 with Windows XP/SP2.
I had 2 exclamation marks (!) in my device manager with “AVG miniport driver” descriptions.
After a fair amount of time of trial and error (AVG tech support never even replied to my email) I was able to find a fix.
I went into “Network Connections” and disabled then immediately re-enabled Firewall protection for each of my network connections.
This cleared the device manager errors and they have not returned.
I am still using AVG 8.0 and it seems to be working flawlessly.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
hi Danno:
Thank you so much, after 2 days of trying to fix this error with AVG 8. I was able to fix my system following your advice.
Thank you so much again, Danno.
Thank you, that helped me as well.
I reinstalled avg and disabled the adapters and then did another uninstall. After that I re-enabled the adapters and Im back online. Worked!
Can someone tell me how to get rid of Avg 7.5 from Millennium please.
Thankyou so much.I been trying to clear this for over a week.I turned off the firewall then turned it back on and it worked.Thanks
You can try AVG uninstaller,,.works w/ my AVG 8.5 and it’s completely remove….
Please I did uninstall AVG trial. But there are still some components showing. When I am connecting to internet, AVG link scanner shows on the side bar. Please help me I cannot user the other installed protection.