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AVG was once as lean and mean as Avast (and now MSE), but has become problematic and unrecommended by tech enthusiasts in recent years.
You'll need to root out the entries in Registry manually after uninstall from Programs and Features. Here's how:
To delete all registry keys with reference to AVG , run Registry Editor (regedit). Navigate to the following registry key branches:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AVG
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AVG8Uninstall
Right click on AVG and AVG8Uninstall respectively, and select Delete to remove the AVG related registry keys. These are two known registry keys that installed by AVG, and should only be removed if there is no longer any AVG programs installed on the PC. User can also click on Edit menu and use Find command to search for AVG related registry keys, but make sure to use common sense to identify which keys is belonged to AVG and which is not. For example, “AVGeneralNotification” is system added key, and should not be deleted.