[gui-talk] Seeking Advice Re. Uninstalling Avast

[Pamela Dominguez]

There's supposed to be some kind of removal tool you have to use to get rid 
of it all.  Pam.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
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Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Seeking Advice Re. Uninstalling Avast


>
> I don't use Avast myself, but my understanding from people on other lists 
> who have used it is that you may have to boot into safe mode in order to 
> remove it, which, of course, requires sighted help.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 12:26 AM
> Subject: [gui-talk] Seeking Advice Re. Uninstalling Avast
>
>
>> Good evening all,
>>
>>
>>
>> The story begins with a notification on my wife's PC that the one year 
>> free
>> trial of Avast was about to expire and she asked me to step in and
>> troubleshoot the situation. I decided to replace Avast with Microsoft
>> Security Essentials (MSSE) because it is effective, efficient, 
>> nonintrusive,
>> and freee, which I view as the least important criteria. It seemed
>> appropriate to uninstall avast to avoid getting false positives when
>> scanning the HD for viruses and malware. However, the add/remove programs
>> module in Win7 is unable to remove Avast. Now as an additional unintended
>> consequence my wife is unable to send or receive email. Now for the
>> questions.
>>
>> 1.       Does anyone advise removing Avast or let it be.
>>
>> 2.       In researching the matter I discovered a utility called 
>> AvastClear.
>> Is this utility, effective, safe to use, and accessible to JAWS 15? IF 
>> not,
>> does anyone commend a different and better third party application 
>> removal
>> utility?
>>
>> 3.       Is it likely to have caused settings to be changed in Outlook, 
>> or
>> is the emailproblem totally unrelated and needs a different solution?
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA and best regards,
>>
>> Rob "Jayhawk Bob" Tabor
>>
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