Windows98SE:
When I run Add/Remove, Avast! just does an “install”!
There is no “uninstall” option in Avast!'s startmenu files.
Very tricky finding how to uninstall, using your help file. But I finally tracked it down…I’m supposed to download “avclear.exe”. I did, and ran it. Upon re-boot, Avast! still loads, with fully installed program.
I need to uninstall, as I’m trying to resolve a strange pop-up that may be a virus. After trying everything else (including removing all startup programs via msconfig), I need to uninstall Avast!, to see if that was the problem (as this problem started soon AFTER installing various programs, including Avast!..which all other programs uninstalled, did not end problem).
You search engine was NO help, simply trying to search for “uninstall”. This is frustrating. I don’t understand why you would make uninstalling such a nuisance. It makes me wary of every wanting to keep such a program…which is now suspect for imposing a pop-up window on startup, that won’t let any other program under startup load…until I close down the pop-up. Here’s a description of the pop-up:
–begin descrip.:
Upon loading Windoze98se, a little window about 1-inch square pops up,
with a dialog ballon that says only “i”, and a rectangular “okay”
button. It is the first thing to load on startup…and if I don’t
click “okay”, nothing else will load. Once I do, my startup programs
load as normal.
Now, I can’t figure how to stop this, as CTRL-ALT-DEL shows NOTHING to
remove.
This is a used system donated by a friend, about 5 days ago. I have
reformatted the entire hard drive, and reinstalled Windoze98se. This
strange little box first appeared about three days ago.
–end of descrip.
At this point, I do not care to waste more type for help with something that should be easy (uninstalling). I’m just reporting this matter, for the sake of other Avast! users. My conclusion:
Any program that is sneaky about uninstalling, and even says it will with such-and-such a program…is a candidate for SUSPICION of spying, or even virus planting.
Switch to AVG antivirus:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_updt6.php?avg6=fe
Now, I gotta REMOVE all presence of Avast! via manual deletion from registry, after first setting it to NOT load via msconfig. And then, I’ll SHARE this msg. in appropriate newsgroups, as a warning NOT to install Avast!