I've tried installing AVG8 several times now. During first few times
when it went through check and told me conflicting AVG Anti-Spyware
app still present, I went and uninstalled it. Later steps: ran
registry cleaner, searched for all "AVG" in files and folders and
manually deleted everything I found, lastly even deleted the AVG
Anti-Spyware folder in my "programs" partition, where I keep all
backup files. Nothing. I deleted and dl AVGFree8 again and still the
same thing. Numerous reboots in between. Yet after system check, it
still keeps telling me that AVG Anti-Spyware is present and that I can
either go back or exit. No solution, in other words.

Has anyone else had this problem? How did you get around it? Thx

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:58:51 -0400, MitchellWmA
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've tried installing AVG8 several times now. During first few times
>when it went through check and told me conflicting AVG Anti-Spyware
>app still present, I went and uninstalled it. Later steps: ran
>registry cleaner, searched for all "AVG" in files and folders and
>manually deleted everything I found, lastly even deleted the AVG
>Anti-Spyware folder in my "programs" partition, where I keep all
>backup files. Nothing. I deleted and dl AVGFree8 again and still the
>same thing. Numerous reboots in between. Yet after system check, it
>still keeps telling me that AVG Anti-Spyware is present and that I can
>either go back or exit. No solution, in other words.
>
>Has anyone else had this problem? How did you get around it? Thx

Turns out it was an obscure "ewido" entry in the registry that I had
to hunt for and delete manually! Talk about stupid! How many newbies
are going to run into that problem, I'd like to know ... ?

This is a new XP installation only a couple of weeks old and it was a
complete C drive wipe and reinstall. Ewido was on my system a year
ago, not anytime recently. I'm guessing that AVG Anti-Spyware left
that behind as a legacy type of thing that didn't get cleaned up
during this morning's uninstall.

So if anyone has this problem, I went the run > regedit route and then
searched for ewido and deleted the key. Presto, AVG8 would run.

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:43:49 -0500, "Ben" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I also had the same problem. I knew I had uninstalled it, so I went ahead,
>and installed ver8, figuring it was a glitch of some kind. It installed
>with no adverse effects.

Well, you were lucky. I couldn't just 'go ahead', when it reached a
certain point while it was verifying, it stopped and gave me error
message. It wasn't until I found and deleted the "ewido" entry that I
could even install.

Different situation, I guess. I'm guessing yours was a different
problem altogether.

>"MitchellWmA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:58:51 -0400, MitchellWmA
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>I've tried installing AVG8 several times now. During first few times
>>>when it went through check and told me conflicting AVG Anti-Spyware
>>>app still present, I went and uninstalled it. Later steps: ran
>>>registry cleaner, searched for all "AVG" in files and folders and
>>>manually deleted everything I found, lastly even deleted the AVG
>>>Anti-Spyware folder in my "programs" partition, where I keep all
>>>backup files. Nothing. I deleted and dl AVGFree8 again and still the
>>>same thing. Numerous reboots in between. Yet after system check, it
>>>still keeps telling me that AVG Anti-Spyware is present and that I can
>>>either go back or exit. No solution, in other words.
>>>
>>>Has anyone else had this problem? How did you get around it? Thx
>>
>> Turns out it was an obscure "ewido" entry in the registry that I had
>> to hunt for and delete manually! Talk about stupid! How many newbies
>> are going to run into that problem, I'd like to know ... ?
>>
>> This is a new XP installation only a couple of weeks old and it was a
>> complete C drive wipe and reinstall. Ewido was on my system a year
>> ago, not anytime recently. I'm guessing that AVG Anti-Spyware left
>> that behind as a legacy type of thing that didn't get cleaned up
>> during this morning's uninstall.
>>
>> So if anyone has this problem, I went the run > regedit route and then
>> searched for ewido and deleted the key. Presto, AVG8 would run.
>