How to delete AVG6DB_F.DAT after uninstalling AVG (XP PRO)

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judyh

I am not a computer expert, but I am offering my experience.

I deleted AVG so that I could use Avast. When I was doing a chkdsk, I
saw a file named AVG6B_F.DAT on the root. I read up on proper deletion
procedures for XP PRO and did the following.

When I had gone to C:\Windows from Recovery I typed:

cd ..

That took me to C:


I then typed:

attrib -r AVG6B_F.DAT
attrib -h AVG6B_F.DAT

I then typed:

copy AVG6B_F.DAT AVGBAK6B_F.DAT

When I rebooted to Win XP, I used the search function to find
AVG6B_F.DAT , and then I deleted it (it will ask you whether you want
to delete this system file).

I then rebooted and, when everything seemed to be working fine, I used
search to find AVGBAK6B_F.DAT, and then deleted that.

My system seems fine without this file.

Perhaps an expert will comment on this.

Regards,
Judy
 
I am not a computer expert, but I am offering my experience.

I deleted AVG so that I could use Avast. When I was doing a chkdsk, I
saw a file named AVG6B_F.DAT on the root. I read up on proper deletion
procedures for XP PRO and did the following.

When I had gone to C:\Windows from Recovery I typed:

cd ..

That took me to C:


I then typed:

attrib -r AVG6B_F.DAT
attrib -h AVG6B_F.DAT

I then typed:

copy AVG6B_F.DAT AVGBAK6B_F.DAT

When I rebooted to Win XP, I used the search function to find
AVG6B_F.DAT , and then I deleted it (it will ask you whether you want
to delete this system file).

I then rebooted and, when everything seemed to be working fine, I used
search to find AVGBAK6B_F.DAT, and then deleted that.

My system seems fine without this file.
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Hello Judy

Am I to understand that you are just now getting around to uninstalling
AVG v6. Version 7 has been out for a very long time now. I suspect that
your system may have been unprotected for the past while.

BTW version 7 installs AVG7QT.DAT onto the root.
 
No. I was running Norton.for awhile. I am no guru, but I would not
run my computer without an antivirus program, firewall, and malware
programs.

I put the information in the group for the other non-experts who might
want to check their systems for "leftovers" from uninstalls.
I saw the AVG file when I was trying to figure out what was stealing
memory. I never did find that out, but a chkdsk on boot seems to have
solved that problem.

J
 
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