How can I remove AVG kernel interface?

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HP Desktop (1 year old) Vista Home Premium 32 bit SP1. Had AVG 7.5 for
about six months (with email scan disabled). AVG offerred Version 8 and I
allowed it to download and install. Big mistake!! Gave me nothing but
trouble. When I tried to uninstall it, I realized it wasn't listed in
Install/Uninstall. But I saw that AVG had an Uninstall as part of their
program....so I used it. (My second mistake!)

Now, whenever I start up.....a window appears: "AVG Anti-Virus System.
Could not initialize AVG Anti-Virus kernel interface." How can I get rid of
this window? It doesn't cause trouble...but I hate seeing it everytime I
start the computer. As you can guess...I'm not a Guru...just a user..so
please try to keep it simple...if possible. Thanks.....bobg
 
I'm not an AVG user, but what I'd try is to bring up Windows Defender >
click Tools > Software Explorer > Category: Startup Programs > look for
Grisoft applications and highlight any found > click Disable.

If you have WinPatrol installed, that could also be worth trying to
find those hidden startups.


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Hi Dave, Followed your instructions and "Grisoft" is listed but "Not yet
classified." It shows in the box but the Disable is only a shadow copy and
doesn't affect it. Thanks for your suggestion. Guess I'll live with it for
awhile. It doesn't really interupt that much. Just another item to click
on startup. :) bobg

"Dave M" <Dave.M.3asxbc@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not an AVG user, but what I'd try is to bring up Windows Defender >
> click Tools > Software Explorer > Category: Startup Programs > look for
> Grisoft applications and highlight any found > click Disable.
>
> If you have WinPatrol installed, that could also be worth trying to
> find those hidden startups.
>
>
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Hi again. Tried your suggestion to use WinPatrol. Never heard of it. It
worked like a charm.
Many thanks. Now won't have to cuss everytime I startup. Have a nice day.
bobg

"bobg" <bganon@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Dave, Followed your instructions and "Grisoft" is listed but "Not yet
> classified." It shows in the box but the Disable is only a shadow copy
> and doesn't affect it. Thanks for your suggestion. Guess I'll live with
> it for awhile. It doesn't really interupt that much. Just another item
> to click on startup. :) bobg
>
> "Dave M" <Dave.M.3asxbc@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
> news:Dave.M.3asxbc@DoNotSpam.com...
>>
>> I'm not an AVG user, but what I'd try is to bring up Windows Defender >
>> click Tools > Software Explorer > Category: Startup Programs > look for
>> Grisoft applications and highlight any found > click Disable.
>>
>> If you have WinPatrol installed, that could also be worth trying to
>> find those hidden startups.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dave M
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Dave M's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=25399
>> View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=983702
>>
>> http://forums.techarena.in
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>
 
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