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Avg Vista And Mcafee

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 04:18 PM

I have a newer toshiba laptop running Vista - I used up my free subscription to McAfee and uninstalled it. I downloaded AVG free and tried to install it. I got an error message saying it wasn't recommended to have more than one anti-virus/security program installed. Does anyone have a suggestion on what to try ???

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 04:21 PM

Did you try to restart your computer after you uninstall the program? I did that and it worked on my desktop.

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 04:29 PM

Yes, I tried rebooting a couple of times with the same result.

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 04:40 PM

Try the McAfee removal tool (free here: http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx...083&lc=4105 )
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Posted 03 February 2008 - 08:06 PM

I ran the uninstaller - completed successfully, rebooted, tried to install AVG and got the same message as my original post............

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 08:56 PM

Can you post a screen shot of the error message?
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