Cannot uninstall Avast Free Antivirus

Why can't I uninstall Avast Free Antivirus? It always says "there is an error" that occurred and doesn't uninstall the product.

Wern Ancheta

Posted 2010-03-13T00:32:12.297

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Answers

Did you exit the application first?

Try with Revo Uninstaller.

outsideblasts

Posted 2010-03-13T00:32:12.297

Reputation: 6 297

doesn't work, but I'll try disabling all the services of avast in safe mode. Ms config doesn't allow me to change the startup value of avast – Wern Ancheta – 2010-03-13T00:51:59.907

Maybe you can change the startup state through Avast's options. Or use Autoruns http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

– outsideblasts – 2010-03-13T01:04:37.630

Better than Revo - http://geekuninstaller.com and has a portable and 64-bit support too. Awesome stuff!!!!

– Leptonator – 2014-01-21T08:00:30.927

Try AppRemover:

The portable software program that is compatible with Microsoft operating systems from Windows 2000 to the latest Windows 7 Beta (including 64-bit editions of XP and Vista) can be run right after download. It will scan the computer system for security software programs and display all that have been found in a list. It is possible to remove all or only selected ones from the system.

Prabhu R

Posted 2010-03-13T00:32:12.297

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In the past when I've had trouble uninstalling programs, sometimes the solution was to repair/reinstall them first.

rob

Posted 2010-03-13T00:32:12.297

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Avast has its own dedicated uninstall utility called aswClear for removing Avast software from your Windows PC computer.

Instructions For Avast removal using this utility can be found here.

Simon

Posted 2010-03-13T00:32:12.297

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The reason behind the problem you are facing is that there is an instance of Avast is running in background. So inorder to be able to remove the antivirus software please exit from it (just closing the window may not help).

If this dosen't work try using

REVO UNINSTALLER or IOBIT UNINSTALLER

meain

Posted 2010-03-13T00:32:12.297

Reputation: 164