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Title: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: Broni on February 26, 2009, 10:30:43 AM

...I kept saying, AVG ver. 8.0 became a bloated program.
So, right now, AVG found itself in pretty infamous company of Norton, and McAfee, where you need special uninstaller to get rid of it.

http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-avg-remover/

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Why not just uninstall it via the Add/Remove Programs you might say? Because sometimes the uninstaller doesnt completely remove everything. If you try to install a new version of AVG or some other antivirus, you cant because it believes that the old AVG is still installed. This fixes that by running a script that removes all the registry keys that AVG left behind.

AVG Remover: http://www.avg.com/download-tools

I tried to tell you....

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: evilfantasy on February 26, 2009, 01:36:41 PM

Thanks!!

I updated the Removal Tools and Methods for Uninstalling Major Antivirus Products (http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,59979.msg379180.html#msg379180)

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: Broni on February 26, 2009, 01:45:58 PM

Sure thing :)

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: evilfantasy on February 26, 2009, 01:48:06 PM

Special tools should be reserved for removing malware. Not a legitimate antivirus! (http://img103.exs.cx/img103/1719/angry.gif)

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: Broni on February 26, 2009, 01:52:09 PM

Now you're talking... ;D
Also, I don't recall, if it was same with AVG 7.5, but, if you run GMER on a computer with AVG 8.0, its entries show there....means, it as deeply built into system core as Norton, and McAfee.
Thus, special tool is needed, like for any rootkit.

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: patio on February 26, 2009, 04:29:25 PM

Thought this Horse was dead already.....

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: Broni on February 26, 2009, 04:42:18 PM

Never, or at least until YOU admit, AVG 8.0 is not that great ;D

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: patio on February 26, 2009, 06:54:10 PM

Nope...

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: Broni on February 26, 2009, 07:23:30 PM

Nope to what?;D

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: tina1rules on June 19, 2009, 10:14:17 AM

This is totally awesome.

Title: Re: AVG Remover - some of you didn't believe me, when....
Post by: Helpmeh on June 19, 2009, 05:27:18 PM

Quote from: tina1rules on June 19, 2009, 10:14:17 AM

This is totally awesome.

Tina try not to bump an older thread.