Comments on: Repair Tool of the Week: AVG Remover

By: Diabolic Preacher

Diabolic Preacher — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:35:48 +0000

really interesting site…i was subscribing for a long time, but got time to read through today

I wonder if it removes anything beyond what Revo Uninstaller can remove after the most thorough mode of removal?

By: JerZa

JerZa — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:45:12 +0000

I have been using Avast for quite some time and don’t seem to have any issues….
I would recommend this – but am interested in hearing if anyone has had ‘avast’ issues.

By: Computer Repair Royal Oak MI - C! Tech Solutions

Computer Repair Royal Oak MI - C! Tech Solutions — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:30:45 +0000

Can someone explain to me why their uninstallation software merely doesn’t build the Remover function into it? Why offer an uninstaller at all if it’s not going to work.

I think a good rule of thumb is not to use any software that requires a special tool to uninstall it properly. Goodbye, AVG.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:01:20 +0000

If AVG is so wonderful why don’t people install something else. I have been running Avira Antivir free for ages without problems. It also seems to uninstall cleanly as far as I can remember. I think I have only needed to instal it once since I discovered it!

By: CnP Systems

CnP Systems — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:29:12 +0000

I second Derek’s opinion on using Revo Uninstaller as an additional option.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:28:27 +0000

AVG 7.5 was great, but 8.0 is crap. It uses too many resources (hard drive, CPU, processes, etc). Get Avast instead.

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:45:49 +0000

This should be a warning sign to companies if they need to release a removal tool then there is something very wrong.

By: Web Design Beach

Web Design Beach — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:30:54 +0000

These are tools for all times. There is no better thing and feeling when you know that you have completely removed some heavy application from system. Thanks for sharing.

By: Pegi

Pegi — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:26:28 +0000

to quote eMicros: Come on AVG, your software has become really sloppy recently. I personally install AVG free on upto 30 pc’s per week, and have done so since AVG 6. I’m having plenty of problems with it in the last couple of months.

I second this opinion. I also install and recommend AVG to many and I’m beginning to be sorry that I do/did. I seem to be fixing more problems lately. I thought ‘oh good a better way to remove and re-install’… now I’m not sure the removal tool is a good idea either. hhmmm

Thanks for the comments everyone.

By: Remote Computer Repair

Remote Computer Repair — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:55:49 +0000

I still say that the Norton & McAfee removal tools are the best software products ever created by those two companies.