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How to uninstall avast! Free Antivirus from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to remove avast! Free Antivirus for Windows. The Windows version was created by AVAST Software. Open here where you can get more info on AVAST Software. The program is frequently located in the C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling avast! Free Antivirus is C:\Program. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 1.18 MB (1242560 bytes) on disk and is named avBugReport.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in avast! Free Antivirus. They take 1.78 MB (1868584 bytes) on disk.

  • avBugReport.exe (1.18 MB)
  • instup.exe (204.10 KB)
  • c3485e8a-1805-4d69-87f5-1b295d3f0b9a.exe (175.96 KB)
  • aswBoot.exe (231.29 KB)


The current page applies to avast! Free Antivirus version 8.0.1499.0 only. For other avast! Free Antivirus versions please click below:

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When planning to uninstall avast! Free Antivirus you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall avast! Free Antivirus from your computer:
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\AV\avast! Antivirus

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall avast! Free Antivirus:
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\AV\avast! Antivirus\backup.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\AV\avast! Antivirus\upgrade.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\AV\avast! Antivirus\userdata.cab

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\avast


How to uninstall avast! Free Antivirus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

avast! Free Antivirus is a program offered by the software company AVAST Software. Some computer users try to erase it. This can be troublesome because removing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY practice to erase avast! Free Antivirus 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find avast! Free Antivirus or simply activate the Search feature and type in "avast! Free Antivirus". If it exists on your system the avast! Free Antivirus application will be found automatically. When you click avast! Free Antivirus in the list , the following information about the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about avast! Free Antivirus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove avast! Free Antivirus.
Uninstall avast! Free Antivirus


8. After removing avast! Free Antivirus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of avast! Free Antivirus which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing avast! Free Antivirus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall avast! Free Antivirus by AVAST Software from your computer, nor are we saying that avast! Free Antivirus by AVAST Software is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall avast! Free Antivirus supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-08-31 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-08-31 07:16:31.070