I made the mistake of installing AVG 8 on Windows Vista (SP1) 30 days ago. Though it was ok, it was a little slower than the trusty free version (7). After my trial expired I decided to uninstall it. Oh, look! You can’t!
Here’s a closer look at the error message:
Apparently there’s some kind of error, and no, a system restore doesn’t help. By default, Vista only stores the last 30 days of restore points.
If you had Ubuntu, you don’t need a virus killer. Anyone else had this problem?
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Keep up the good work.
I can’t uninstall AVG when I try I get a message Installation failed and when I click details I get this message.
Installer initialization failed due to following error:
Error: @AvgErrorCode_0×0253 %FILE% = “C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8″
@AvgErrorCode_0×0020
I had previously tried to unistall it and it said it was uninstalled but it still shows in my programs. I was trying to install mcafee and it said it can’t because avg is installed and need to uninstall it. Please help i use this computer for work
Hi Denise – to fix that particular problem, try re-running the installer and clicking “repair”. You might find this post useful. Good luck!
i cant uninstall AVG free 8 either. it just says “installation failed” and
Local machine: installation failed
Installation:
Error: Action failed for file avgwdsvc.exe: stopping service….
Error 0×8007041d
AVG has taken over my computer!! Can’t uninstall it and it won’t let me into anything without an annoying pop-up getting into my face!! AVG offers no advice. Who would ever do business with such a company. If they think they are going to get business this way, they better think again. This should be unlawful!! My computer has suddenly become useless! Help!
Never had a problem uninstallilng AVG… but Revo Uninstaller can uninstall anything. Get it at http://www.revouninstaller.com/