AVG Protection

A guide to uninstall AVG Protection from your system

AVG Protection is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by AVG Technologies. Further information on AVG Technologies can be seen here. Usually the AVG Protection application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus directory, depending on the user's option during install. The entire uninstall command line for AVG Protection is C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Setup\avgsetupx.exe /mode=offline /uninstall=bav. AVGUI.exe is the AVG Protection's primary executable file and it takes close to 8.18 MB (8582264 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed alongside AVG Protection. They take about 40.20 MB (42153168 bytes) on disk.

ashQuick.exe (134.92 KB)
ashUpd.exe (378.38 KB)
asulaunch.exe (30.26 KB)
aswChLic.exe (255.56 KB)
aswRunDll.exe (1.34 MB)
avBugReport.exe (3.03 MB)
AvDump32.exe (633.01 KB)
AvEmUpdate.exe (2.27 MB)
AVGSvc.exe (258.23 KB)
AVGUI.exe (8.18 MB)
AvLaunch.exe (257.06 KB)
DataSafeMonitor.exe (628.89 KB)
RegSvr.exe (1.31 MB)
sched.exe (221.09 KB)
VisthAux.exe (261.12 KB)
wsc_proxy.exe (108.51 KB)
openvpn.exe (647.04 KB)
tapinstall.exe (86.73 KB)
aswOfferTool.exe (2.21 MB)
AvDump64.exe (780.18 KB)
instup.exe (1.24 MB)
InstallCrt.exe (702.56 KB)
avgBoot.exe (392.17 KB)
aswidsagenta.exe (7.05 MB)
Gf2Vss.exe (194.24 KB)
RegSvr.exe (1.68 MB)
SetupInf.exe (1.65 MB)

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This page is about AVG Protection version 17.4.3014 alone. You can find below info on other releases of AVG Protection:

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AVG Protection has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\1033\aswClnTg.htm
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\1033\aswClnTg.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\1033\aswInfTg.htm
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\1033\aswInfTg.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\1033\Base.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\1033\Boot.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\1033\uiLangRes.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\Aavm4h.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AavmRpch.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AhAScr.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AhResIdp.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AhResMai.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AhResStd.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AhResWS2.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\ashBase.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\ashMaiSv.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\ashQuick.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\ashServ.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\ashShA64.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\ashShell.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\ashTask.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\ashTaskEx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\ashUpd.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\asOutExt.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\asulaunch.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswAMSI.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswAux.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswChLic.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswcmlx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswCmnBS.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswCmnIS.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswCmnOS.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswcommx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswData.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswdetallocatorx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswDld.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswDnsCache.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswEngLdr.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswfilevaultx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswhookx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswidpmx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswidpsdkx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswIP.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswLog.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswlogx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswLSRun.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswntsqlitex.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswPatchMgt.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswProperty.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswpsicx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswRec.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswRemoteCache.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswremovalx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswRunDll.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswRvrt.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswsecapix.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswSqLt.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswstreamfilter.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswStrm.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswsysx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswUtil.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswVmm.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswW8ntf.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\aswwinamapix.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\avBugReport.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AvChrome.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AvDump32.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AvEmUpdate.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AVGSvc.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AVGUI.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AvgUiPlugin\avgbavuiplgx.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AvgUiPlugin\lng_bav.cont
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AvgUiPlugin\ui_bav.cont
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\AvLaunch.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\browser_pass.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\BrowserCleanup.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\burger_client.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\cef.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\cef_100_percent.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\cef_200_percent.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\cef_extensions.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\Certificates\digicert_ca_77.der
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\chrome_elf.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\CommChannel.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\CommonRes.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\custody.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\DataSafeMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\algo.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\algo64.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\ArPot.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswAR.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswBoot64.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswCleanerDLL.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswCmnBS.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswCmnIS.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswCmnIS64.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswCmnOS.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswEngin.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswFiDb.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\Antivirus\defs\17053102\aswJsFlt.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AVG Antivirus

Additional registry values that you should delete:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AVG Antivirus\ImagePath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avgbIDSAgent\ImagePath

A way to erase AVG Protection from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AVG Protection is an application marketed by AVG Technologies. Frequently, computer users decide to erase this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this manually takes some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE action to erase AVG Protection is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:

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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate AVG Protection or simply activate the Search feature and type in "AVG Protection". The AVG Protection program will be found automatically. After you click AVG Protection in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is available to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding AVG Protection, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove AVG Protection.
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8. After uninstalling AVG Protection, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong AVG Protection which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing AVG Protection with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove AVG Protection by AVG Technologies from your computer, we are not saying that AVG Protection by AVG Technologies is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove AVG Protection in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-05-05 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-05-05 11:50:19.277