removing remnants of avira

Greetings - and thank you in advance for your input.

I had been running Avira AntiVir Personal Free version on my XP SP 3 computer. Due to poor installation and choices on my part, I started running into a lot of problems that were probably not Avira related, but I started to uninstall all recent additions. I used the uninstall program and ran CCleaner - both Cleaner and Registry. Eventually, due to some other issues, I had to use system restore to go back a week, at which point I still had Avira installed.

Now, I get these error messages that Avira cannot be found. As Coolboot did with his AVG problem (see post of March 2), I too have tried to remove every piece of Avira that I can, including through Safe Mode. I also downloaded the program again and installed it again, to see if the new install would correct the problem, but no luck.

I would appreciate any ideas on how to deal with this problem.

Thank you.

A.

 

System Restore can be reversed, so might you be better off undoing what you undid and trying again?

 

thank you. I may have to go that route It wouldn't be the first time for me, I'm sad to admit.

Thanks again.

 

Thank you for your input. Any special concerns re: Revo I should keep in mind? How careful should I be? Also, I didn't think it would be possible for there to be any services still running after repeated CCleanering.... How would I find out whether there are or not?

Thanks again.

 

There is also the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

 

Thanks again. Will try that.

M.

 

Windows Installer Clean up... who'd have thunk??? Thanks, Earthling. Maybe that should be my first stop...

A.

 

In case the above fail, here's the Avira removal tool. Read the link carefully on how to proceed and download the appropriate removal tool. Hope you won't need the link below. Good luck!
http://www.avira.com/en/support/support_downloads.html