rabbit Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I have uninstalled with Revo the Yahoo Toolbar and also AVG virus software; but both still show up under the Applications tab in CCleaner. How do I go about removing those entries? Thanks BTW; anyone have opinions as to MS Security Essentials vs. AVG Free, with respect to catching the bad stuff? (I'll post in different sub-forum if this is wrong place). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Remove the registry entries for those, Revo mustn't have done it properly. [opinion]Microsoft Security Essentials is amazing[fact], it recently won the VB100 award. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 MSE is definitely better than AVG Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 Remove the registry entries for those, Revo mustn't have done it properly. [opinion]Microsoft Security Essentials is amazing[fact], it recently won the VB100 award. Well I have gone into regedit and removed every entry I could find for YahooToolbar and did a reboot, but it still shows up in CCleaner (haven't done anything for AVG yet). Also did a scan with Glary Registry tool and removed what was listed as invalid entries. Do I need to uninstall/reinstall CCleaner? Thanks for the words about Security Essentials; I liked AVG, but seemed to be a resource hog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted September 2, 2010 Moderators Share Posted September 2, 2010 Well I have gone into regedit and removed every entry I could find for YahooToolbar and did a reboot, but it still shows up in CCleaner (haven't done anything for AVG yet). Also did a scan with Glary Registry tool and removed what was listed as invalid entries. Do I need to uninstall/reinstall CCleaner? Thanks for the words about Security Essentials; I liked AVG, but seemed to be a resource hog. For yahoo toolbar remove HKCurrentUser\Software\Yahoo\Companion that's the key that CCLeaner uses to dectect if Yahoo is installed For AVG, depended on what version you had Look for HKLocalMachine\SOFTWARE\Grisoft\Avg7 HKLM\SOFTWARE\AVG\Avg8 HKLM\SOFTWARE\AVG\Avg9 ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted September 3, 2010 Author Share Posted September 3, 2010 For yahoo toolbar remove HKCurrentUser\Software\Yahoo\Companion that's the key that CCLeaner uses to dectect if Yahoo is installed For AVG, depended on what version you had Look for HKLocalMachine\SOFTWARE\Grisoft\Avg7 HKLM\SOFTWARE\AVG\Avg8 HKLM\SOFTWARE\AVG\Avg9 Thanks so much, got rid of Yahoo toolbar and will do AVG tommorrow. Again I think community forums are the best source of reliable information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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