Error message on Avast Removal Tool ~ WHY?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi Everyone

I was running the Avast Free ver 4.8 on my laptop running WIN Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I just downloaded the latest Avast awsclear5 removal tool and set it to remove ver 4.x. I ran in in the safe mode but got the following error message: uninstall service error 0*00000430 Then I clicked the “OK” button and it told me my Avast 4.8 was successfully removed.

* there was a unique character here that I can’t replicate

I then installed the Avast Free Ver 5.0.594 without any problems. So far my Avast 5.0.594 appears to be running fine.

So why the error message on the uninstall? What does it mean? Could there be something not installed/uninstalled properly? ???

Thanks for any feedback.

Rich

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Were you using the Uninstall Tool in Safe Mode or not?

Did you reboot the machine AFTER you installed the new version of Avast?

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[i]Were you using the Uninstall Tool in Safe Mode or not?

Did you reboot the machine AFTER you installed the new version of Avast?[/i]

Hi SafeSurf

Thanks for your prompt response.

Yes I ran the uninstall tool in the safe mode.

I believe I did reboot after the new Avast 5 install, but to be sure I just did a cold boot now. Everything appears to be running fine.
So nothing to be concerned about SafeSurf? :-\

Thank You SS

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A reboot or a cold boot usually does the trick ;). I’m glad everything is working for you now. Feel free to come back and visit.

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[color=blue]Thanks SS

I appreciate your help :slight_smile:

Best Regards,

Rich