AVG free software

I was upgrading to AVG 8.5 and the download failed. My system will no longer
allow me to run or save any setup files from their site or any others. And,
I believe the email scanner included with the software has failed in some way
that I can no longer open or save attachments from my email. I've tried to
uninstall AVG but it states "Installation Failed" details...Installer
initialization failed due to following error:
Error: @AvgErrorCode_0x0253 %FILE% = "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8"
@AvgErrorCode_0x0020


Any help?????

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"luby" wrote:

> I was upgrading to AVG 8.5 and the download failed. My system will no longer
> allow me to run or save any setup files from their site or any others. And,
> I believe the email scanner included with the software has failed in some way
> that I can no longer open or save attachments from my email. I've tried to
> uninstall AVG but it states "Installation Failed" details...Installer
> initialization failed due to following error:
> Error: @AvgErrorCode_0x0253 %FILE% = "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8"
> @AvgErrorCode_0x0020
>
>
> Any help?????

Try the AVG removal tool. Try downloading it in safe mode or do it on
another computer if necessary.
http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools
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"luby" <> wrote in message
news:6005C31F-242A-410E-81D5-...
>I was upgrading to AVG 8.5 and the download failed. My system will no
>longer
> allow me to run or save any setup files from their site or any others.
> And,
> I believe the email scanner included with the software has failed in some
> way
> that I can no longer open or save attachments from my email. I've tried
> to
> uninstall AVG but it states "Installation Failed" details...Installer
> initialization failed due to following error:
> Error: @AvgErrorCode_0x0253 %FILE% = "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8"
> @AvgErrorCode_0x0020
>
>
> Any help?????

AVG doesn't offer support for the free product. Really nice huh!!! Last
night I found and unzipped the ver 8.5 setup file (which is what bombed the
first time). It worked and then allowed me the option for uninstalling the
software, which I did and all works perfect now. Thanks for all your replies
and help, it's greatly appreciated.


"GTS" wrote:

> Try the AVG removal tool. Try downloading it in safe mode or do it on
> another computer if necessary.
> http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools
> --
>
> "luby" <> wrote in message
> news:6005C31F-242A-410E-81D5-...
> >I was upgrading to AVG 8.5 and the download failed. My system will no
> >longer
> > allow me to run or save any setup files from their site or any others.
> > And,
> > I believe the email scanner included with the software has failed in some
> > way
> > that I can no longer open or save attachments from my email. I've tried
> > to
> > uninstall AVG but it states "Installation Failed" details...Installer
> > initialization failed due to following error:
> > Error: @AvgErrorCode_0x0253 %FILE% = "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8"
> > @AvgErrorCode_0x0020
> >
> >
> > Any help?????
>
> .
>

luby wrote:
> I was upgrading to AVG 8.5 and the download failed. My system will no longer
> allow me to run or save any setup files from their site or any others. And,
> I believe the email scanner included with the software has failed in some way
> that I can no longer open or save attachments from my email. I've tried to
> uninstall AVG but it states "Installation Failed" details...Installer
> initialization failed due to following error:
> Error: @AvgErrorCode_0x0253 %FILE% = "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8"
> @AvgErrorCode_0x0020
>
>
> Any help?????

Check out Clamwin for Open source Anti Virus. AVG eventually starts
bugging you to upgrade to their commercial version.
http://www.clamwin.com/

AVG 9 is now available.
"luby" <> wrote in message
news:64577F6B-F56C-4833-8F5A-...
> AVG doesn't offer support for the free product. Really nice huh!!! Last
> night I found and unzipped the ver 8.5 setup file (which is what bombed
> the
> first time). It worked and then allowed me the option for uninstalling
> the
> software, which I did and all works perfect now. Thanks for all your
> replies
> and help, it's greatly appreciated.
>
>
> "GTS" wrote:
>
>> Try the AVG removal tool. Try downloading it in safe mode or do it on
>> another computer if necessary.
>> http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools
>> --
>>
>> "luby" <> wrote in message
>> news:6005C31F-242A-410E-81D5-...
>> >I was upgrading to AVG 8.5 and the download failed. My system will no
>> >longer
>> > allow me to run or save any setup files from their site or any others.
>> > And,
>> > I believe the email scanner included with the software has failed in
>> > some
>> > way
>> > that I can no longer open or save attachments from my email. I've
>> > tried
>> > to
>> > uninstall AVG but it states "Installation Failed" details...Installer
>> > initialization failed due to following error:
>> > Error: @AvgErrorCode_0x0253 %FILE% = "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8"
>> > @AvgErrorCode_0x0020
>> >
>> >
>> > Any help?????
>>
>> .
>>

I have the same problem, but then it started when I tried to update to AVG 9.0. Trying to remove AVG 8.5 I received the same error message
Error: @AvgErrorCode_0x0253 %FILE% = "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8" @AvgErrorCode_0x0020

Tried downloading the AVG -remover, but didnt work. Also tried downloading all versions of AVG-virusscanner, didnt work. Already started Windows vista in the safe mode and then tried downloading the AVG-remover, but still no luck.

how can I solve this???