Need Help I can't UNinstall Avast antivirus!

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I need help b/c I’m having trouble uninstalling avast…I got rid of it from the ADD/REMOVE programs but now I still have the icon in my taskbar and on my desktop and it won’t go away, I don’t know how to get rid of it…
I tried everything…
I installed the avast uninstaller and tried getting rid of it but it didn’t work
I tried the Revo Uninstaller
I tried going to services.msc and tried disabling it from there but that also didn’t work
I tried like everything I don’t know what else to do…plz help me out…I want to get rid of it from my taskbar and my desktop…well I can just put it in the recycling bin from my desktop but I can’t get rid of it from my taskbar…when I left click there’s no exit option or anything like that…

Please help me out.
-Thanks:)

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Welcome to the forums, ABP21. :slight_smile:

Do you mind telling us why you want to uninstall avast?

Anyway, follow the direction at the link below.

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-uninstall-utility.html

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I installed the avast uninstaller and tried getting rid of it but it didn't work

What errors were displayed ?

Did you run this from safe mode as recommended ?

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Then you should take the other option of booting into safe mode and run the tool from there.

Booting into safe mode http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.shtml.

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Hay! it worked, I did it in safe mode and it unistalled everything that’s great. I didn’t think it would matter if I did it in safe mode or not but it does…I’ll remember that thanks guys.

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The avast self-defence module blocks removal in normal mode, since avast doesn’t run in safe mode it isn’t running so can’t block.

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Ihavve tried to disable it but i cannot remove the folder in the program files it just keeps saying denied

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I suggest an installation from the scratch:

  1. Download the latest version of avast! Uninstall Utility and save it.
  2. Download the latest avast! version and save it.
  3. Uninstall avast from Control Panel (if possible). If, for any reason, you can’t run it, try booting in Safe Mode and doing it from there. Anyway, boot after that.
  4. Use (run) the avast! Uninstall Utility saved on 1. If, for any reason, you can’t run it, try booting in Safe Mode and doing it from there. Anyway, boot after you’ve run it.
  5. Install avast! using the setup saved on 2. It will be good to accept the boot time scanning. Boot.
  6. Check and post the results.
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Did you not do as suggested and run the Uninstall Utility from safe mode ?

Why are you trying to delete the folder anyway ?
You shouldn’t be trying to do this manually, you will only foul things up even more.