How Avast Removal Works

There are various reasons that can lead to the removal of Avast. This may be dictated by the decision to try another application to protect the PC from other manufacturers, or perhaps you need to remove the paid version of the product for a while, returning to the selection of its base version. Whatever the cause, but if the circumstances have developed so that the user has a desire to change this anti-virus program to some other one, he needs to know how Avast is being removed.

The easiest way is to use the standard features of Windows. To do this, open the "Start" menu, "Control Panel", where you need to find the submenu of the "Add or Remove Programs" menu. In the opened list of all programs installed on the computer, you must find and perform the Avast removal. In the prevailing case, this procedure is quite sufficient.

However, in some cases this does not help, since some Avast program files remain in the system registry. The anti-virus that will be installed next can calculate that the protection program already exists in the system. As a result, you will not be able to install it or the installation will fail. In this situation, the installed program will not be able to give the necessary level of security.

In such cases, in order to perform Avast removal, it is necessary to find and disable the module in its settings, which is responsible for the self-protection function of the program. It can be found on the "search for glitches" tab. Depending on the version of the product used, this section may still be called "troubleshooting".

If Avast removal has already occurred incorrectly, you must manually edit the registry. To do this, open its editor, which opens by writing the regedit command to the "execute" line. Access to it is done through the "Start" menu. Also use a combination of buttons on the keyboard "Win + R".

In the opened window choose "Edit", "Find" or press the key combination "Cntrl + F". In the search window that appears, enter the word "Avast" and tick the boxes in each of the three fields below, under the words "View when searching." The system will search for the remaining directories and parameters, which need to be selected and deleted one by one by pressing the "Delete" key.

In some cases, Windows will not allow you to delete the registry entries. In such cases, you need to reboot the system and, by pressing the F8 key in the BIOS boot process, enter the safe mode. After Windows is booted, the procedure described above will need to be repeated.

If the user does not wish to perform the described actions on his own, he can download a special application that will help him to clear the system from Avast. The uninstall utility is distributed free of charge on the Internet. Therefore, its search and downloading will not cause any difficulties. There are quite a few successful products that have a simple, intuitive interface.

Thus, getting rid of Avast and its components, the system will be completely ready to install a new anti-virus program for protection.