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First time poster here so please be kind!
Been having a few problems with my mouse the last couple days & while investigating the problem I happened on these two services in my task manager...
"AVG Watchdog" - reports running
"AVGAmps" - reports stopped
Did a bit of reading on what they were but cannot find a way to get rid of them. I understand what they do & why cmd access to them is denied but here's the thing... I uninstalled AVG months ago because it was spending all my computers resources forcing unwanted sales pitches down my throat every 5 minutes.
I want nothing to do with AVG or their bloatware and have voted with my feet, yet still their cr@p remains on my system taking up resources and no doubt harvesting data.
Please, someone - short of an f-disk how do I get rid of this garbage for good? I'm comfortable dipping into the registry if needs be but would need to know what to look for & how to manipulate it when I find it. Would of course prefer a simpler solution if one exists but I'll take anything you got!
Many thanks in advance
Stig
Stig
Posted 2018-01-01T02:40:43.587
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AVG offers a tool to remove their products. I suggest use by that. – Ramhound – 2018-01-01T04:23:32.093
@Ramhound... I'll be damned - that actually worked! Thankyou! Did not know such a tool existed, as it hadn't showed up in any of my searches. Have to admit I was reluctant to use another AVG tool ever again but since it didn't need to install anything and has actually done the job - well it's all good! Very many thanks! – Stig – 2018-01-01T16:40:48.200