Avast BreachGuard

A guide to uninstall Avast BreachGuard from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall Avast BreachGuard for Windows. It is produced by Avast Software. More info about Avast Software can be found here. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files\Avast Software\BreachGuard folder. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's preference. You can uninstall Avast BreachGuard by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avast Software\Icarus\avast-bg\icarus.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. bgui.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 7.36 MB (7718296 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed beside Avast BreachGuard. They occupy about 25.11 MB (26325904 bytes) on disk.

• AvBugReport.exe (4.75 MB)
• AvDump.exe (1.13 MB)
• bgaux.exe (291.40 KB)
• bgscraper.exe (3.61 MB)
• bgsvc.exe (7.98 MB)
• bgui.exe (7.36 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 24.1.2197.8110 of Avast BreachGuard. Click on the links below for other Avast BreachGuard versions:

• 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
• 22.1.1499.5344
• 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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Quite a few files, folders and registry entries can not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove Avast BreachGuard from your computer.

Folders remaining:

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

The files below are left behind on your disk by Avast BreachGuard when you uninstall it:

• 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\inipp.txt
• C:\Program Files\Avast Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\jsoncpp.txt
• C:\Program Files\Avast Software\BreachGuard\3rd_party_licenses\libpsl.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\nlohmann_json.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\3rd_party_licenses\SQLiteCpp.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-fibers-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\avast.local_vc142.crt\vcruntime140_threads.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\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\default\d3.js

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• 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 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

A way to uninstall Avast BreachGuard using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avast BreachGuard is an application released by the software company Avast Software. Some users choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE procedure to uninstall Avast BreachGuard is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Avast BreachGuard or simply click the Search field and type in "Avast BreachGuard". If it exists on your system the Avast BreachGuard program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Avast BreachGuard in the list , the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Avast BreachGuard, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Avast BreachGuard.


8. After uninstalling Avast BreachGuard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Avast BreachGuard which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Avast BreachGuard using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Avast BreachGuard by Avast Software from your computer, nor are we saying that Avast BreachGuard by Avast Software is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Avast BreachGuard supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.