Avg secure search not uninstalling

To make things worse, it automatically loads every time I reboot the machine like it's malware. It's super annoying and makes my Windows boot time 30 to 45 seconds longer than it needs to be. Can you please help? I asked Frank if he would like me to connect to his machine using my remote desktop support service in order to have a closer look, and he agreed.

While the interfaces are very similar, they are essentially the same product. As I've mentioned many times before, the free version of AVG or Avast with only real time file scanning is all you need.

All the other "protection" offered by both Avast! So if you're paying for the "premium" version, it is this author's opinion that you are wasting your money and making your computer slower in the process.

After much trial and error I was able to remove AVG secure browser using an administrative command line. If you are still having issues trying to remove AVG secure browser, you can contact me from additional support, described next. If all of this is over your head, or if you still can't remove AVG Secure browser despite the instructions above, I can remove it for you with my remote desktop support servce.

I wasn't quite sure if i was doing things right, but when I rebooted my computer That pesky AVG search bar is gone and now I have the Google search bar in the upper right hand corner just like someone else said I should have.

Until I did the solution by ralphbusdriver, I did NOT have Google search bar on the right hand side of my screen so the suggestion by smilingbranch did not work. Am I just one of the many Firefox users who have been caught by the Automatic Firefox update and now find that on the left hand side of the screen you have the "Sites Checked by AVG nonsense I don't want this rubbish on my Firefox opening page I've uninstalled the AVG software Has Firefox allowed AVG to plant this rubbish into their update?

Rumour has it that AVG get paid each time it pops up on the opening search page. Is this true? I had the same problem, and I tried a couple of these but it just returned.

URL you can use Filter 4 Change value of keyword. Maybe it only disables it, but I haven't found it anywhere since. However, I would like to know how I can fix my current profile. I have many tabs open and regularly saved on it that would be a real pain to transfer over to the new profile.

So, bearing in mind that there's something unique to my current profile that causes the AVG search page to be shown every time I enter a search query and hit enter, what can I do to fix this?

I'm assuming it must be something in the about:config page that has been missed. URL to. Click on the AVG logo drop down on the toolbar and then click on Options 2.

Untick all of the options appearing in this screen, and click OK. I'm currently running FF 5. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback.

Any help here would be much appreciated. If you don't have Chrome, move on to the next section. Click the "Show advanced settings" link at the bottom of the page. This will expand the list to show more settings. Scroll to the bottom and click "Reset settings. Click "Reset" to confirm that you want to reset your settings.

Your extensions will be disabled, and your home page will be reset. Your search engine settings will be returned to their default. Part 4. Open Firefox. If you don't have Firefox, move on to the next section. Select "Troubleshooting information.

Click the "Refresh Firefox" button. Click "Refresh Firefox" to confirm. This will remove all of your extensions, reset your home page, and return your search engine settings to default.

Use an Explorer window to open this folder. This is essential if you want to completely remove Secure Search from Firefox. Part 5. Reset your other browsers.

If you use a different browser than the ones outlined above, perform a rest for that browser as well. The reset process for most browsers is usually similar to the reset processes described above.

Download the AdwCleaner tool. This free tool scans for and removes malware on your computer. You can download AdwCleaner for free from here.