Avast 7 uninstall setup fatal error

Asked By Martha Alfaro 60 points N/A Posted on - 08/28/2012

Hello all, from yesterday avast has completely blocking my internet connection. So I tried to Uninstall Avast. But surprisingly I was not being able to uninstall avast 7 from my pc. I am getting the following error when trying to uninstall Avast 7. I am using Avast 7 on a Windows seven PC. Please tell me how can I uninstall it.

Error reading product data from 'C:Program FilesAVAST SoftwareAvastsetup".Setup cannot continue.

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Answered By Carl Jack 10 points N/A #139360

Avast 7 uninstall setup fatal error

Hello Martha,

To resolve that issue, I will recommend the following steps.

• First you will need to go to C:Program Files and try deleting the Avast folder completely from there. After that you can go to the control panel and then try uninstalling the antivirus again.
• Otherwise you will need to use a third party application called Revo installer to remove Avast.
• First, you will need to download the program Revo Uninstaller .
• Install it, and then open it and look for  "Avast" in the list.
• You will need to double click on it, and then choose Scan mode.
• When you see a list of files and you will need to check the Avast files to be removed.

Regards,

Carl

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Answered By Thathri elsebet. 0 points N/A #139361

Avast 7 uninstall setup fatal error

Hi,

The error message “'C:Program FilesAVAST SoftwareAvastsetup".Setup cannot continue.” Indicates that the program you are trying to uninstall is running and so setup cannot continue. While uninstalling a program you need to quit all the functions of the respective program. So, at first stop functioning of Avast antivirus. For your better understanding Avast programming interface can modify the performance of supplementary programs running on your PC. It has no detectable window similar to other programs. So you need to take extra care while uninstalling the software. However, through Control Panel to Add/Remove Programs you can uninstall keeping in mind all the points mentioned above.           

I hope you understand it.

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