What is AVG 2015?

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Overview

AVG 2015 is published by AVG. You can find out more about AVG 2015 at its official website or at AVG's website.


How do I clean AVG 2015?

AVG 2015 may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean AVG 2015
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean AVG 2015 manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are thirty-two locations in the file system where AVG 2015 stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by AVG 2015 and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

  • Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
  • Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
  • Type cmd
  • Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by AVG 2015 that can be cleaned:

  1. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/log/*.log
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/log/*.log
  2. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/log/*.log.lock
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/log/*.log.lock
  3. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/log/history.xml
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/log/history.xml
  4. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/Emc/log/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/Emc/log/*
  5. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/IDS/config/List.zip.bak
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/IDS/config/List.zip.bak
  6. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/IDS/profile/globalLoadable.bak
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/IDS/profile/globalLoadable.bak
  7. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/scanlogs/*.log
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/scanlogs/*.log
  8. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/SetupBackup
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/SetupBackup
  9. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/temp/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/temp/*
  10. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2015/update/backup/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2015/update/backup/*
  11. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/MFAData/logs/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/MFAData/logs/*
  12. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/MFAData/pack/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/MFAData/pack/*
  13. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/MFAData/msistorg.dat.bkp
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/MFAData/msistorg.dat.bkp
  14. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/MFAData/public_installation_log.xml
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/MFAData/public_installation_log.xml
  15. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/AVG2015/log/*.log
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/AVG2015/log/*.log
  16. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/AVG2015/log/*.log.*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/AVG2015/log/*.log.*
  17. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/AVG2015/temp/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/AVG2015/temp/*
  18. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/AVG2015/update/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/AVG2015/update/*
  19. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/MFAData/logs/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/MFAData/logs/*
  20. Type dir %ProgramFiles%/AVG/AVG2015/updatecomps.bak
    • On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%/AVG/AVG2015/updatecomps.bak
  21. Type dir %ProgramFiles%/AVG/AVG2015/*.old
    • On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%/AVG/AVG2015/*.old
  22. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2015/dumps/*
  23. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2015/log/*
  24. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2015/temp/*
  25. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/MFAData/logs/*
  26. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2015/dumps/*
  27. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2015/log/*
  28. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2015/temp/*
  29. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/MFAData/logs/*
  30. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/Avg2015/dumps/*
  31. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/log/*
  32. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/temp/*
  33. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/MFAData/logs/*
  34. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/dumps/*
  35. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/log/*
  36. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/temp/*
  37. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/MFAData/logs/*

Once you have identified the files stored by AVG 2015 that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.