Avast BreachGuard

How to uninstall Avast BreachGuard from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove Avast BreachGuard for Windows. It is written by Avast Software. Open here where you can find out more on Avast Software. The program is usually found in the C:\Program Files\Avast Software\BreachGuard folder. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's preference. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avast Software\Icarus\avast-bg\icarus.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Avast BreachGuard. bgui.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 6.41 MB (6720280 bytes) on disk.

Avast BreachGuard is composed of the following executables which take 22.08 MB (23148736 bytes) on disk:

• AvBugReport.exe (4.47 MB)
• AvDump.exe (968.27 KB)
• bgaux.exe (83.77 KB)
• bgscraper.exe (3.07 MB)
• bgsvc.exe (6.05 MB)
• bgui.exe (6.41 MB)
• browser_ff_helper.exe (572.77 KB)
• browser_ff_helper.exe (504.77 KB)

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This data is about Avast BreachGuard version 22.1.1499.5344 alone. You can find below a few links to other Avast BreachGuard releases:

• 21.3.1272.4492
• 20.6.686.2412
• 22.2.1657.6024
• 21.4.1328.4712
• 21.6.1464.5194
• 24.2.2389.8854
• 20.3.372.1092
• 21.2.1080.3790
• 21.2.1085.3816
• 21.1.962.3372
• 23.3.2118.7768
• 23.3.2136.7846
• 20.7.919.3208
• 21.6.1461.5182
• 21.3.1288.4558
• 24.2.2290.8582
• 23.4.2187.8044
• 20.4.489.1532
• 22.3.1698.6210
• 24.1.2197.8110
• 20.5.580.1914
• 22.1.1497.5336
• 22.2.1666.6060
• 21.5.1410.4992
• 23.2.1853.6718
• 21.2.1079.3788
• 23.1.1770.6398

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Numerous files, folders and registry entries will not be deleted when you want to remove Avast BreachGuard from your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Avast BreachGuard from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AVAST Software\BreachGuard

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\BsDiff.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\c-ares.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\ChromiumEmbeddedFramework(CEF).txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\GoogleProtocolBuffers.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\gsl.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\icu.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\jsoncpp.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\LUA.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\LZMA.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\mhook.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\nghttp2.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\OpenSSL.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\pugixml.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\rapidjson.txt
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\aswCmnBS.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\aswCmnIS.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\aswCmnOS.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\aswIP.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\aswProperty.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\aswSqLt.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\avast.local_vc142.crt.cat
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\avast.local_vc142.crt.manifest
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_2.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\ucrtbase.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\vccorlib140.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\vcruntime140.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\avast.local_vc142.crt\vcruntime140_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\AvBugReport.exe
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\AvDump.exe
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\bgaux.exe
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\bgscraper.exe
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\bgsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\bgui.exe
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\BreachGuardSdk.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\browser_ff_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\burger_client.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\commchannel.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\dll_loader.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\eula\en-us.html
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\event_manager.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\event_manager_burger.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\event_manager_er.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\event_routing.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\event_routing_rpc.dll
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\gui_resources\1.0.592\d3.js
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\gui_resources\1.0.592\index.html
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\gui_resources\1.0.592\Kin.js
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\gui_resources\1.0.592\Locale-ar-SA.json
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\gui_resources\1.0.592\Locale-cs-CZ.json
• C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\BreachGuard\gui_resources\1.0.592\Locale-da-DK.json

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Avast Software\BreachGuard
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AVAST Software\BreachGuard
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AvastBreachGuard
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Avast Software\BreachGuard

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Avast Software\BreachGuard\bgui.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Avast Software\BreachGuard\bgui.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Avast BreachGuard Service\ImagePath

How to delete Avast BreachGuard from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avast BreachGuard is a program by the software company Avast Software. Some users want to erase this program. This can be efortful because doing this by hand takes some knowledge related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE approach to erase Avast BreachGuard is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Avast BreachGuard or simply click the Search field and type in "Avast BreachGuard". If it exists on your system the Avast BreachGuard app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Avast BreachGuard in the list , the following data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Avast BreachGuard, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Avast BreachGuard.


8. After uninstalling Avast BreachGuard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Avast BreachGuard that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Avast BreachGuard with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Avast BreachGuard by Avast Software from your computer, we are not saying that Avast BreachGuard by Avast Software is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Avast BreachGuard in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.