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What is AVG AntiVirus 2013?

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Overview

AVG AntiVirus 2013 is published by AVG. You can find out more about AVG AntiVirus 2013 at its official website or at AVG's website.

How do I clean AVG AntiVirus 2013?

AVG AntiVirus 2013 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 AntiVirus 2013
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean AVG AntiVirus 2013 manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are twenty-five locations in the file system where AVG AntiVirus 2013 stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by AVG AntiVirus 2013 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 AntiVirus 2013 that can be cleaned:

  1. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2013/IDS/config/*List.zip.bak
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2013/IDS/config/*List.zip.bak
  2. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2013/IDS/profile/globalLoadable.bak
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2013/IDS/profile/globalLoadable.bak
  3. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2013/Log/history.xml
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2013/Log/history.xml
  4. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/AVG2013/SetupBackup/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/AVG2013/SetupBackup/*
  5. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/MFAData/Logs/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/MFAData/Logs/*
  6. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/AVG2013/log/*.log
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/AVG2013/log/*.log
  7. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/AVG2013/log/*.log.*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/AVG2013/log/*.log.*
  8. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/AVG2013/temp/*.tmp
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/AVG2013/temp/*.tmp
  9. Type dir %ProgramFiles%/AVG/AVG2013/updatecomps.bak
    • On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%/AVG/AVG2013/updatecomps.bak
  10. Type dir %ProgramFiles%/AVG/AVG2013/*.old
    • On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%/AVG/AVG2013/*.old
  11. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2013/dumps/*
  12. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/Avg2013/dumps/*
  13. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2013/log/*
  14. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/Avg2013/log/*
  15. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2013/dumps/*
  16. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/Avg2013/dumps/*
  17. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Avg2013/log/*
  18. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Application Data/Avg2013/log/*
  19. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/Program Files*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/Program Files*
  20. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\AVG/AVG2013/updatecomps.bak where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
  21. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/Program Files*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/Program Files*
  22. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\AVG/AVG2013/*.old where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
  23. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/AVG2013/IDS/config/*List.zip.bak
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/AVG2013/IDS/config/*List.zip.bak
  24. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/AVG2013/IDS/profile/globalLoadable.bak
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/AVG2013/IDS/profile/globalLoadable.bak
  25. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/AVG2013/Log/history.xml
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/AVG2013/Log/history.xml
  26. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/AVG2013/SetupBackup/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/AVG2013/SetupBackup/*
  27. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/MFAData/Logs/*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/MFAData/Logs/*
  28. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/MFAData/logs/*
  29. Type dir %WinDir%/SysWOW64/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/MFAData/logs/*
  30. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/MFAData/logs/*.log
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/MFAData/logs/*.log
  31. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/MFAData/logs/*.log.*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/MFAData/logs/*.log.*

Once you have identified the files stored by AVG AntiVirus 2013 that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

Publisher

AVG

Website

http://www.avg.com/buy-antivirus?ECID=rd:pa

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