Avira

A guide to uninstall Avira from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Avira for Windows. It is made by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG. Further information on Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG can be found here. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Launcher directory (same installation drive as Windows). Avira's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{C76AE6A0-481A-4115-B42D-992148A600F8}. Avira's primary file takes around 551.98 KB (565224 bytes) and is named Avira.Systray.exe.

The executable files below are installed together with Avira. They occupy about 2.01 MB (2111368 bytes) on disk.

• Avira.Messenger.exe (208.09 KB)
• Avira.ServiceHost.exe (608.80 KB)
• Avira.Systray.exe (551.98 KB)
• Avira.SystrayStartTrigger.exe (693.02 KB)

The current page applies to Avira version 1.2.161.6579 alone. You can find here a few links to other Avira versions:

• 1.2.129.13789
• 1.2.113.22299
• 1.2.105.30680
• 1.2.126.28786
• 1.2.96.16095
• 1.2.153.29056
• 1.2.148.24463
• 1.2.119.25205
• 1.2.158.786
• 1.2.105.36322
• 1.2.115.14232
• 1.2.120.46116
• 1.2.150.12276
• 1.2.138.20753
• 1.2.122.27919
• 1.2.109.13551
• 1.2.116.18787
• 1.2.131.15242
• 1.2.98.14573
• 1.2.116.23028
• 1.2.121.24663
• 1.2.121.14569
• 1.2.165.24446
• 1.2.95.14694
• 1.2.119.17994
• 1.2.99.21889
• 1.2.144.30330
• 1.2.99.15522
• 1.2.136.25116
• 1.2.146.25871
• 1.2.125.20160
• 1.2.103.7637
• 1.2.97.16824
• 1.1.34.19732
• 1.2.149.21141
• 1.2.106.18629
• 1.2.114.16977
• 1.2.135.51949
• 1.2.98.37213
• 1.2.100.18354
• 1.2.159.25097
• 1.2.126.10632
• 1.2.134.23796
• 1.2.124.25995
• 1.2.118.18106
• 1.2.103.26908
• 1.2.134.56164
• 1.2.145.25926
• 1.2.141.10870
• 1.2.140.659
• 1.2.131.11577
• 1.2.109.23126
• 1.2.139.5840
• 1.2.160.753
• 1.2.120.25126
• 1.2.137.23068
• 1.2.155.4877
• 1.2.113.25350
• 1.2.108.24268
• 1.2.132.16752
• 1.2.143.109
• 1.2.98.29730
• 1.1.42.10415
• 1.2.133.21088
• 1.2.96.9828
• 1.2.151.3852
• 1.2.113.21021
• 1.2.163.20254
• 1.2.117.17323
• 1.2.159.14646
• 1.2.162.7474
• 1.2.147.35397
• 1.2.127.25971
• 1.2.109.23832
• 1.2.99.31392
• 1.2.142.15897
• 1.2.166.28430
• 1.2.152.1479
• 1.2.116.17249
• 1.2.164.25670
• 1.2.153.30452
• 1.2.122.22365
• 1.2.128.15911
• 1.2.97.30459
• 1.2.156.56359
• 1.2.98.24768

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Many files, folders and registry entries can be left behind when you want to remove Avira from your computer.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Avira
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avira

The files below remain on your disk by Avira when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\150\about.htm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\150\avwin.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\150\ccplg.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\150\defaults.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\150\product.config
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\150\productimagerc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\150\producttextrc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\150\rchelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\207\product.config
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\208\about.htm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\208\avwin.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\208\ccplg.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\208\defaults.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\208\product.config
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\208\productimagerc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\208\producttextrc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\208\rchelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\210\about.htm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\210\avwin.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\210\ccplg.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\210\defaults.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\210\product.config
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\210\productimagerc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\210\producttextrc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\210\rchelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\57\about.htm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\57\avwin.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\57\ccplg.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\57\defaults.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\57\product.config
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\57\productimagerc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\57\ProductTextRc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\57\rchelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_de.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_en.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_es.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_fr.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_id.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_it.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_ja-jp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_nl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_pt-br.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_ru.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_tr.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_zh-cn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\AdministrativeRightsProvider_zh-tw.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aebb.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aecore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aecrypto.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aedroid.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aedroid_gwf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeelf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeelf_gwf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeemu.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeexp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeexp_gwf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aegen.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aehelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeheur.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeheur_agen.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeheur_gwf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeheur_mv.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aelibinf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aelibinf_db.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aelidb.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeml.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aemobile.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aemvdb.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeoffice.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeoffice_gwf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeoffice_mv.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aepack.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aerdl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aesbx.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aescn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aescript.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aeset.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aevdf.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\aevdf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\alert_level.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\alertcat.htm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\alerttyp.htm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\alertvir.htm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\alldiscs.avp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\alldrives.avp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_bg_bl.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_bg_br.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_bg_ml.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_bg_mr.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_bg_tl.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_bg_tr.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_btn_gray_hover.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_btn_gray_normal.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_phone.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_red_arrow.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\android_video.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\antivir0.rdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\apcfile.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\auccert.crt

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Avira.SystemSpeedup.UI.ShellExtension.SystemSpeedupContextMenu+SystemSpeedupDesktopMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Avira.SystemSpeedup.UI.ShellExtension.SystemSpeedupContextMenu+SystemSpeedupFilesMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Avira.SystemSpeedup.UI.ShellExtension.SystemSpeedupContextMenu+SystemSpeedupFoldersMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\avira.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.avira.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\avira.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\www.avira.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Avira
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\avira.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\spotlight.my.avira.com
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avira
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0A6EA67CA18451144BD29912846A008F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9B52837060FF0964C84EC3B027301622
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.50727\NGenService\Roots\C:/Program Files (x86)/Avira/Game Booster/Avira.GameBooster.UI.Application.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Avira_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Avira_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Avira.ServiceHost
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Avira Antivirus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Avira Phantom VPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Avira Service Host
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Avira Software Updater ServiceHost

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\0A6EA67CA18451144BD29912846A008F\Avira.OE.ServiceHost
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0A6EA67CA18451144BD29912846A008F\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9B52837060FF0964C84EC3B027301622\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirMailService\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirMailService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirMailService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntivirProtectedService\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntivirProtectedService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntivirProtectedService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirSchedulerService\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirSchedulerService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirSchedulerService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirService\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirWebService\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirWebService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirWebService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avdevprot\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avdevprot\Group
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avgntflt\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avipbb\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avipbb\Group
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Avira.ServiceHost\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Avira.ServiceHost\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Avira.ServiceHost\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraOptimizerHost\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraOptimizerHost\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraOptimizerHost\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraPhantomVPN\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraPhantomVPN\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraSecurity\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraSecurity\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraSecurity\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraUpdaterService\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraUpdaterService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraUpdaterService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avkmgr\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avkmgr\Group
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avnetflt\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3891442551-4021717893-999439081-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\avgnt.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3891442551-4021717893-999439081-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\avrestart.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-18\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\avscan.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3891442551-4021717893-999439081-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\avgnt.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3891442551-4021717893-999439081-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\ipmgui.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3891442551-4021717893-999439081-1011\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\ipmgui.exe

A way to remove Avira from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avira is a program offered by the software company Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG. Some people choose to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY action to uninstall Avira 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 Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install 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 functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Avira or simply click the Search field and type in "Avira". If it exists on your system the Avira program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Avira in the list of applications, the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Avira, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Avira.


8. After removing Avira, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Avira which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Avira with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Avira by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG from your PC, we are not saying that Avira by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Avira supposing 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.