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How to remove AVG Free Antivirus

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*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

Comments

  1. Brian says

    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

  2. Ed Bratt says

    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.

  4. Keith says

    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

  5. Gregory Barton says

    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.

  6. Heather says

    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.

  7. Chris Horsburgh says

    ocal machine: installation failed
    Installation:
    Error: Action failed for file aAvgApi.exe: creating backup….
    Error 0x80070020 %DESTINATION% = “C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\aAvgApi.exe.install_backup”, %SOURCE% = “C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\aAvgApi.exe”
    Error 0x80004004
    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.

  8. Anast says

    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?

  9. donnie taylor says

    I would like to remove avg from my computer but will not remove could you please help do it

  10. bongochris says

    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…

  11. James says

    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?

  12. Frog says

    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

  13. K Jay says

    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?

  14. trinamom says

    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

  16. Grizzey65 says

    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

  17. paul says

    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.

  18. webber says

    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.

  19. gwatts12 says

    Thanks webber. I have been trying to uninstall a malfunctioning AVG for a while. I kept getting annoying Error messages. Your solution above worked!

  20. Webnetz says

    AVG sucks. My computer was fine until i installed avg. i tried to installed mcfee but it wont letme know. I hate avg

  21. Indra P Biswas says

    Dear All,

    I did it and all thanks to ….
    bongochris you really are a life saver.
    REGSEEKER and followed instructions.

  23. jamie u.k. says

    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

  25. ben says

    Stupid AVG’s .dll files are stuck on my comp been tryin to remove them for months any suggestions?

  26. Eric says

    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

  28. najihan21 says

    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!!!

  32. commonsense247 says

    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.

  33. brian says

    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

  35. math3w says

    Ive Avg antivirus and now i wanna uninstall it but will it clean out the virus vault ??
    pls its urgent.

  36. Trudy Parker says

    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

  37. Diko says

    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

  42. hariaie says

    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…..

  43. Ed says

    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)

  44. Beanie says

    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?

  45. Frozenfire says

    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…..

  46. frozenfire_04 says

    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…..

  47. FEE FEE says

    AVG SUCK AND IT NEED TO DIE BECAUSE IT HURTS PEOPLE AND THERE FAMILY SO WITH TO GET THIS COMPANY OUT OF THE NET.

  48. AVG fails says

    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?

  49. DD says

    I have no problems with AVG on my vista other than the upgrade failed. I then tried to uninstall so I could re-install and had all the afore-mentioned problems.

    the AVG remover download tools worked like a charm and in only a few seconds. re-installed without any problems

  50. BeeKay says

    This worked for me!!!

    I had the same problem with AVG 9 install complaining about an old AVG 7.5. Tried removing 7.5 with AVG remover, Revo + a manual reg clean, but no success.

    I then tried an AVG 8.5 installation package and it installed without problems.
    After that i installed AVG 9 and this time it didn’t complain about neither 7.5 nor 8.5 versions being already installed.

    Try it ! 🙂
    It might work with the latest version too

  51. Jonathan says

    Ok plz help, i installed avg 10.0, and soon after my afd driver broke (cannot connect to internet now) and I cant system restore it because avg wont let it, how do i get rid of avg, I cant get the remover online and the change/remove hardware option does not work, so im out of options plz help. I bought this comp used so i have no recovery disk =(
    OS: Windows XP tablet pc edition
    Model: HP Compaq tc4200 tablet P.C.

  52. Oskar says

    AVG is a piece of shit software with more bugs than features!! I HATE IT WITH ALL OF MY SOUL!!!! I STRONGLY suggest everyone to download another anti-virus!!

    Using the installer didn’t work either!!!

  53. Joe says

    This AVG anti-virus sftware is a complete menace and ought to be banned. For the past 2 weeks I ‘ve been trying to rid my PC of it but to no avail. I tried most of the suggested means already, may be once more trial may do the trick.

  55. Suleyman Sahin says

    AVG software stopping or slowing down my computer. I can never get rid of it, and I can not stop it.It is a devil. It is a virus itself.It is so sticky not any helpingagent or compound can remove. Plaase tell me way to fully removing it

  60. Lynda says

    Dont be fouled by any the perfect uninstall, it is a joke like the rest, I waited 20 minutes for it to scan my computer only to be told the free version ,,,WAS NOT FREE, what a joke ,, can no one out there get rid of this AVG HELL 🙁

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