Avira Security

A guide to uninstall Avira Security from your PC

Avira Security is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG. More information on Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG can be found here. Further information about Avira Security can be seen at http://www.avira.com/. Usually the Avira Security program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove Avira Security by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\unins000.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. Avira Security's main file takes about 215.06 KB (220224 bytes) and is named Avira.Spotlight.UI.Application.exe.

Avira Security is composed of the following executables which occupy 13.98 MB (14659480 bytes) on disk:

• Avira.Spotlight.Bootstrapper.exe (5.41 MB)
• Avira.Spotlight.Common.Updater.exe (257.30 KB)
• Avira.Spotlight.Service.exe (257.80 KB)
• Avira.Spotlight.Service.Worker.exe (246.88 KB)
• Avira.Spotlight.Systray.Application.exe (1.58 MB)
• Avira.Spotlight.UI.AdministrativeRightsProvider.exe (204.54 KB)
• Avira.Spotlight.UI.Application.exe (215.06 KB)
• Avira.Spotlight.UI.Application.Messaging.exe (381.09 KB)
• unins000.exe (3.07 MB)
• wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe (1.04 MB)
• wa_3rd_party_host_64.exe (1.35 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.1.60.25769 of Avira Security. You can find below a few links to other Avira Security releases:

• 1.1.56.24083
• 1.1.55.23698
• 1.0.23.8081
• 1.1.53.21718
• 1.1.61.26553
• 1.1.62.26939
• 1.1.47.17265
• 1.0.37.12019
• 1.0.16.5158
• 1.1.55.23309
• 1.0.37.11666
• 1.1.71.30554
• 1.1.50.19847
• 1.1.51.20724
• 1.0.40.12944
• 1.1.71.30368
• 1.0.45.16282
• 1.1.58.25058
• 1.1.54.22197
• 1.0.22.7684
• 1.1.47.17436
• 1.1.65.28718
• 1.0.28.9397
• 1.1.57.24557
• 1.0.38.12222
• 1.0.39.12408
• 1.0.22.7585
• 1.1.73.30824
• Unknown
• 1.1.69.29914
• 1.0.20.7408
• 1.0.45.15812
• 1.1.46.16549
• 1.1.67.29263
• 1.1.72.30556
• 1.0.26.9000
• 1.1.57.24596
• 1.1.56.23926
• 1.1.61.26762
• 1.1.54.22644
• 1.0.29.9509
• 1.1.66.29154
• 1.0.44.15086
• 1.0.18.6309
• 1.0.42.13029
• 1.0.42.13901
• 1.0.42.14101
• 1.1.59.25437
• 1.0.25.8823
• 1.1.69.30057
• 1.1.63.27347
• 1.0.22.7884
• 1.0.35.11288
• 1.1.50.19711
• 1.0.41.13362
• 1.1.69.29688
• 1.0.33.10880
• 1.1.53.21795
• 1.1.59.25297
• 1.1.49.18598
• 1.1.70.30098
• 1.1.59.25531
• 1.1.61.26352
• 1.0.32.10717
• 1.1.51.20430
• 1.1.64.27947
• 1.0.27.9291
• 1.0.19.7004
• 1.0.35.11235
• 1.1.63.27596
• 1.0.22.7852
• 1.1.62.27078
• 1.0.41.13618
• 1.0.18.6386
• 1.1.63.27634
• 1.1.60.26061
• 1.1.61.26491
• 1.1.68.29553
• 1.1.48.17984
• 1.1.66.28961
• 1.0.16.5015
• 1.0.42.14100
• 1.0.31.10043
• 1.1.72.30659
• 1.1.68.29502
• 1.0.24.8433
• 1.0.17.6033
• 1.0.37.12157
• 1.0.44.15540
• 1.1.69.29981
• 1.0.36.11467
• 1.0.30.9723
• 1.0.43.12713
• 1.1.54.22911

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall Avira Security.

Directories that were found:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by Avira Security when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Acp.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Acp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Acp.Resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Common.Crypto.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Common.Guards.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Common.JWT.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Common.Mixpanel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Common.Utils.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Common.ZipArchive.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Functional.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Messaging.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Optimizer.Common.Native.Library.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Spotlight.Bootstrapper.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Spotlight.Common.Updater.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Spotlight.Service.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Spotlight.Service.Worker.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Spotlight.Systray.Application.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Spotlight.UI.AdministrativeRightsProvider.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Spotlight.UI.Application.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Avira.Spotlight.UI.Application.Messaging.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\avira_icon_dot.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Backends.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Backup.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\BetterFolderBrowser.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\BootOptimizer.sdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Carbon.sdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Common.Communication.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Common.Interface.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Common.Messaging.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Common.ProductLabel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Common.Utils.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\CommonServiceLocator.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\de-DE\Systray.Application.Resources.Localization.de-DE.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\de-DE\UI.Resources.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\DevelopmentKit.Backup.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\DevelopmentKit.Opswat.Oesis.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\DotNetProjects.SVGImage.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\DryIoc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\DryIoc.MefAttributedModel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\DryIocAttributes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\DynamicData.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\EndpointProtectionClient.Net.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\EndpointProtectionInterfaces.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\en-US\Systray.Application.Resources.Localization.en-US.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\en-US\UI.Resources.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\es-ES\Systray.Application.Resources.Localization.es-ES.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\es-ES\UI.Resources.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Esprima.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\exclusions.sdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\fr-FR\Systray.Application.Resources.Localization.fr-FR.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\fr-FR\UI.Resources.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\GameOptimizer.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\GBInternalTamperBlacklist.sdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Html\AUCDetection.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Html\BlacklistedPageDetection.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Html\DownloadDetection.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\it-IT\Systray.Application.Resources.Localization.it-IT.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\it-IT\UI.Resources.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\ja-JP\Systray.Application.Resources.Localization.ja-JP.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\ja-JP\UI.Resources.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Jint.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\jsEngine.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Junk.sdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\libcrypto-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\libcurl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\libssl-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\LibXml2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\LiteDB.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Mapping.sdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\MessageRpc.Net.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.WinForms.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\MtsClient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\netstandard.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\nl-NL\Systray.Application.Resources.Localization.nl-NL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\nl-NL\UI.Resources.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\libwaaddon.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\libwaapi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\libwacollector.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\libwadeviceinfo.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\libwaheap.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\libwalocal.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\libwaresource.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\libwautils.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\libwavmodapi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\license.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\OpswatOesisSdk\wa_3rd_party_host_64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Oxygen.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Oxygen.NCP.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Oxygen.StatReporter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Plugin.Antivirus.Interface.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Plugin.Crypto.Interface.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Plugin.Firewall.Interface.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Plugin.GameBooster.Interface.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\Plugin.PasswordManager.Interface.dll

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Avira\Security
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avira\Security
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AviraSecurityUninstaller

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraSecurity\FailureCommand
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraSecurity\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AviraSecurityUpdater\ImagePath

A way to delete Avira Security from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avira Security is a program released by the software company Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG. Sometimes, computer users want to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because performing this by hand requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall Avira 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 on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Avira Security or simply click the Search feature and type in "Avira Security". If it is installed on your PC the Avira Security program will be found automatically. After you select Avira Security in the list of programs, some data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Avira Security, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Avira Security:

• The software company is: http://www.avira.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Security\unins000.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Avira Security.


8. After removing Avira Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Avira Security that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Avira Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Avira Security by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG from your computer, we are not saying that Avira Security by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Avira Security in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.