I try and try to kill this product but it comes back like a zombie. I removed it from Firefox and Chrome but when I do a search in Chrome it reappears. So far, it has remained blocked in FF. If I remove it from settings in Chrome it will come back. Is there an effective way to block this ZombieWare?
I'd go all the way(through) to step 4 in this guide.
Remove "AVG Secure Search" redirect (Virus Removal Guide)
If it was my computer I would do this first. Pick the one you need for your system.
AVG Removal Tool.
AVG | Download tools and utilities
Then I would use this to clean up the crap off of your browsers.
Downloading AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner will get rid of it.
Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop.
- Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool.
Vista/Windows 7/8 users right-click and select Run As Administrator.- Click on the Scan button.
- AdwCleaner will begin...be patient as the scan may take some time to complete.
- After the scan has finished, click on the Report button...a logfile (AdwCleaner[R0].txt) will open in Notepad for review.
- The contents of the log file may be confusing. Unless you see a program name that you know should not be removed, don't worry about it. If you see an entry you want to keep, let me know about it.
- Copy and paste the contents of that logfile in your next reply.
- A copy of all logfiles are saved in the C:\AdwCleaner folder which was created when running the tool.
Using AdwCleaner v3: Scan & Clean:
Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool again.
- Click on the Scan button.
- AdwCleaner will begin to scan your computer like it did before.
- After the scan has finished...
- This time, click on the Clean button.
- Press OK when asked to close all programs and follow the onscreen prompts.
- Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.
- After rebooting, a logfile report (AdwCleaner[S0].txt) will open automatically.
- Copy and paste the contents of that logfile in your next reply.
- A copy of that logfile will also be saved in the C:\AdwCleaner folder.
I ran AdwCleaner and could not find any instance of AVG. From the looks of it, my computer seems to now be "sanitized."
Thanks to all for this tip!
Can you show/ (copy and paste) the AdwCleaner[R0].txt
A copy of all logfiles are saved in the C:\AdwCleaner folder which was created when running the tool
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