AVG Antivirus Protection Won't Uninstall - How to Fully Uninstall AVG Antivirus Protection Free Trial in Windows 8

Are you looking for a best solution when AVG Antivirus Protection won’t uninstall in Windows 8?

Do you want to remove AVG Antivirus Protection because it frequently shows up the annoying error message saying "An error (-5009 : 0x8002802b) has occurred while running the setup...."

Have you ever been annoyed that you have uninstalled AVG Antivirus Protection through Windows Control Panel, but it is still there after you reboot your pc?

Don't worry! You could learn and follow AVG Antivirus Protection uninstall instructions in this article.

How to fully uninstall AVG Antivirus Protection step by step?

There are 2 effective program removal guides for you to choose.

Method 1: Remove AVG Antivirus Protection through Windows Control Panel

Method 2: Uninstall AVG Antivirus Protection with software removal tool Perfect Uninstaller

Tips 1: How to entirely get rid of AVG Antivirus Protection through Windows Uninstall applet

Most of you would like to get rid of program through Windows Control Panel. However, you might miss some steps so that you are not able to delete AVG Antivirus Protection. Here are the removal guides:

You should reboot your PC and press F8 key on your keyboard.

This will open up the Advanced Boot Options screen, in Windows 7 or Win 8, or the Windows Advanced Options Menu in Windows XP. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, highlight the option labeled Safe Mode with Networking.

Once it is highlighted, click on the Enter key on your keyboard.

Click “Start Menu” > Select Control Panel option > “Uninstall a Program” (Programs and Features) 

> Find AVG Antivirus Protection on the currently installed programs list and its related entries > Click “Uninstall or Change” to delete the application.

How to Manually Get Rid of AVG Antivirus Protection from your laptop?

Step 1: stop all the related processes in Task Manager

Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.

Disable all the unwanted processes

Step 2: show hidden files and folders and delete all the following files.

Guide: click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it. In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Delete all the following files related to AVG Antivirus Protection

%AppData%\.exe

%CommonAppData%\.exe

C:\Windows\Temp\.exe

%temp%\.exe

C:\Program Files\

Step 3: open Registry Editor to delete all invalid registries entries as below

Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )

Delete all the related registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe

After you finish steps, you should restart your pc to confirm the AVG Antivirus Protection removal. If you are not good at handling this method, you could try Tips 2 as following.

Tips 2: How to force uninstall AVG Antivirus Protection with Perfect Uninstaller?

If you can not follow the removal guides above, it is advised you to get rid of AVG Antivirus Protection with Perfect Uninstaller as following.

1.       Download AVGAntivirus Protection removal tool

2.       Close all running processes including programs and browsers in the Task Manager before you run Perfect Uninstaller

3.       Find and locate the program on the currently installed programs list

4.       Click “Uninstall” button on the right side to remove AVG Antivirus Protection.

Alternatively, you could right-click the folder of the unwanted program (normally, in C:\Program Files) or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows 7 system 64 bits and then select “Force Uninstall with PU” to apply the “Force Uninstall” utility.

5.       Follow the prompt “Next” steps to delete AVG Antivirus Protection.

After you finish the onscreen removal steps, AVG Antivirus Protection has been deleted from your PC.

When you are not able to remove AVG Antivirus Protection from your PC, Perfect Uninstaller is your choice (100% Guaranteed)

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