AVG “free” trial – but you can’t uninstall it!

by richardbaxterseo on June 9, 2008

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!

Screen shot of my Vista Desktop

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?

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Sondra October 27, 2008 at 2:14 pm

Keep up the good work.

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2 Denise December 10, 2008 at 8:04 pm

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

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3 richardbaxterseo December 20, 2008 at 1:18 pm

Hi Denise – to fix that particular problem, try re-running the installer and clicking “repair”. You might find this post useful. Good luck!

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4 andyg February 26, 2009 at 8:12 pm

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

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5 23445 Bev October 20, 2009 at 11:57 pm

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!

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6 Erik January 20, 2010 at 7:42 pm

Never had a problem uninstallilng AVG… but Revo Uninstaller can uninstall anything. Get it at http://www.revouninstaller.com/

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