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Cannot uninstall AVG

Jan 24, 2011 8:03AM PST

AVG allowed 2 trojans onto my computer. It took Avast and Adaware, Malwarebytes to get rid of them.

I've tried to uninstall AVG as I prefer Avast. The uninstall goes through the motions but does not completely uninstall and when I checked Add/Removes programs AVG had gone from 83mb to 73,310mb.

Please if anyone has any advise I surely could use it now.

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Re: cannot uninstall AVG
Jan 24, 2011 2:35PM PST

Hello dsfree08,

apologies for any inconveniences caused by AVG product. Unfortunately new unique variants of infections are released every moment and we do our best to add them all into AVG virus database as soon as possible.

To uninstall AVG you can use our AVG remover from this website.

What is the current situation?

Thank you

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Working Great Now
Jan 27, 2011 12:51AM PST

I'm now running Microsoft Security Essentials, Adaware and Malwarebytes. I have got AVG uninstalled and I'm considering using Avast. The computer seems to be running great and I believe I have all threats removed.

thanks for your help.