Trying to Uninstall AVG

Vikinghar

Help! I downloaded a trial version of AVG 9 to scan my computer. But now I cannot uninstall it. I've tried every variation in the uninstall process and it's still here. It keeps saying there is an error.

Questions: 1)has this happened to you? and 2) how do I unistall AVG because it is slowing my computer down to the speed of continental drift!!! Help me please!!!!

IrishTonyO

What operating system you using? If you are having problems like this and the uninstall doesn't work, you are probably better to reinstall AVG first and then uninstall.

danjo-xx

If you can't uninstall it from add/remove progs, it may have an uninstall option from its location in c/programme files.

Vikinghar

Hi, I'm using Windows XP

guil

i'm nearly sure there is a removal tool for it, search google

BostonB

Try reintalling it to fix it. Then uninstall?

Vikinghar

I've tried add/remove and the AVG uninstall option.

IrishTonyO

Like we said before reinstall AVG then uninstall it, that should do it.

mukki

well done for removing avg, may i recommend microsoft security essentials

as for your issue i see this a lot heres what to do....

1 run services.msc
2 double click on avg watchdog service
3 click recovery tab
4 set all 3 options to do not restart and ok

5 ran taskmanager and kill all porcessess begining with AVG

6 run the avg uninstaller again

BostonB

I tried the microsoft security essentials found it slowed the machine down.

IrishTonyO

BostonB wrote: »

I tried the microsoft security essentials found it slowed the machine down.

Yeah I found the same when I had it installed

unnameduser

as suggested above

http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools

Vikinghar

Thanks for the advice everybody. I went for the simplest option and removed AVG successfully with their own uninstaller. Special thanks to unnameduser for the suggestion. Computer is flying now.:D

unnameduser

Good stuff.