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ihateviruses1

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Help me Unistall/remove avast
« on: August 04, 2004, 05:39:47 AM »
hello everyone i have a really big problem on my computer. I downloaded the trial version of avast or something and my key is now expired. so i installed a norton antivirus. after that ..i couldnt run norton i dont know why. i get an error message that it conflicts with avast. Whenever i try to remove avast it either says acces denied to some file or it just closes. i also cant go into my norton folder, whenever i click on it it just closes and goes back to the desktop...Can anyone PLEASE help me i would really like to delete both of them so i can install an antiviruse program fresh and new.

galooma

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Re:Help me Unistall/remove avast
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2004, 05:54:19 AM »
try this http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/consumer.html good luck gettin the norton beast off your system. your gonna need it .

ihateviruses1

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Re:Help me Unistall/remove avast
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2004, 06:00:13 AM »
the website closed when i select my versioina nd click next :(......what about getting avast off...how do i do that


ihateviruses1

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Re:Help me Unistall/remove avast
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2004, 06:05:35 AM »
it just closes when i click on the link...ithink its time to bust out the windows reset cd

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Re:Help me Unistall/remove avast
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2004, 09:41:07 AM »
Your key for Avast expired. What version of Avast? If it is the home version you can get a new key for free! :D If it was the pro version you paid for the key. And that is what you have to do for Norton as well. Paying!. So Going from Avast to Norton isn't a real solution if you ask me. Either extend the license for Avast (if you have pro or one of the other paid versions) or get a new key for the home version for free.

You mentioned that you downloaded a trial version of Avast. If that is true you never needed a key to try it. So you aren't making much sense here. Please explain what really is the case here.

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Re:Help me Unistall/remove avast
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2004, 11:21:06 PM »
There's nothing wrong with the link galooma.
Almost sounds like somebodys system is infected. Having 2 AV programs on one machine is asking for trouble.
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Re:Help me Unistall/remove avast
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2004, 11:37:34 PM »
Go to where you downloaded the setupeng.exe program file and double click on it and you will get two options.  The second option to highlight is un-install.  That's all there is to remove it.
I would also go to your root directory/folder and make sure Alwil folder has been removed.  If it is still there delete it.

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Re:Help me Unistall/remove avast
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2004, 12:27:46 AM »
viclewis
Alwil is not in the root directory. It's usually installed here:
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\
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