Avira Professional Security

A guide to uninstall Avira Professional Security from your computer

Avira Professional Security is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Avira. Further information on Avira can be found here. Click on http://www.avira.com/ to get more information about Avira Professional Security on Avira's website. The application is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ depending on the user's preference. C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\SETUP.EXE /REMOVE is the full command line if you want to remove Avira Professional Security. The application's main executable file is called avcenter.exe and it has a size of 654.08 KB (669776 bytes).

Avira Professional Security installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 20.60 MB (21600032 bytes) on disk.

• avadmin.exe (431.05 KB)
• avcenter.exe (654.08 KB)
• avconfig.exe (763.58 KB)
• avfwsvc.exe (988.55 KB)
• avgnt.exe (673.58 KB)
• avguard.exe (430.08 KB)
• avmailc.exe (875.58 KB)
• avmailc7.exe (889.08 KB)
• avmcdlg.exe (653.55 KB)
• avnotify.exe (747.08 KB)
• avrestart.exe (499.55 KB)
• avscan.exe (1.01 MB)
• avshadow.exe (421.55 KB)
• avupgsvc.exe (402.05 KB)
• avwebg7.exe (993.58 KB)
• avwebgrd.exe (993.58 KB)
• avwsc.exe (844.67 KB)
• ccuac.exe (463.58 KB)
• checkt.exe (392.55 KB)
• fact.exe (778.08 KB)
• fwinst.exe (490.07 KB)
• guardgui.exe (462.05 KB)
• ipmgui.exe (456.05 KB)
• licmgr.exe (447.55 KB)
• rscdwld.exe (436.55 KB)
• sched.exe (430.08 KB)
• setup.exe (1.33 MB)
• setuppending.exe (412.55 KB)
• update.exe (974.58 KB)
• updrgui.exe (390.05 KB)
• usrreq.exe (668.58 KB)
• wsctool.exe (631.08 KB)

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The current page applies to Avira Professional Security version 14.0.3.350 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Avira Professional Security:

• 12.0.0.1504
• 12.1.9.383
• 13.0.0.4054
• 13.0.0.2890
• 14.0.4.642
• 12.1.9.321
• 13.0.0.3880
• 12.0.0.1466
• 12.1.9.322
• 13.0.0.4064
• 12.1.9.1580
• 12.1.9.405
• 12.0.0.1236
• 14.0.13.106
• 14.0.6.570
• 12.0.0.1209
• 14.0.7.306
• 13.0.0.3499
• 13.0.0.3737
• 12.0.0.101
• 14.0.4.672
• 14.0.5.464
• 14.0.7.468
• 12.0.0.170
• 14.0.7.342
• 14.0.15.87
• 12.1.9.343
• 14.0.6.552
• 14.0.2.286
• 13.0.0.3640
• 14.0.8.532
• 12.0.0.1188
• 14.0.5.450
• 14.0.1.759

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Avira Professional Security:

• C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\aebb.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\aecore.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\aecrypto.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\aedroid.dll

Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{0623B03B-EC25-47A1-A8CA-7466651044CE}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Avira AntiVir Desktop

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AntiVir.Keyfile\DefaultIcon\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AntiVir.Keyfile\shell\open\command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{305CA226-D286-468e-B848-2B2E8E697B74}\System.Software.TasksFileUrl
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{305CA226-D286-468e-B848-2B2E8E697B74}\DefaultIcon\

How to erase Avira Professional Security from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avira Professional Security is an application released by Avira. Some users want to uninstall this application. This can be difficult because doing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Avira Professional Security is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Avira Professional Security or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Avira Professional Security". If it exists on your system the Avira Professional Security app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Avira Professional Security in the list of apps, the following data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Avira Professional Security, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Avira Professional Security:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.avira.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\SETUP.EXE /REMOVE

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Avira Professional Security.


8. After uninstalling Avira Professional Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Avira Professional Security that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Avira Professional Security with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Avira Professional Security by Avira from your PC, we are not saying that Avira Professional Security by Avira is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Avira Professional Security in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.