Replacing McAfee with AVG8 - procedure

bribrian

Ok, hopefully you guys can keep me right on the proceedure. My daughters laptop has been using McAfee which has expired so instead of paying through the nose i've decided to replace it with AVG 8 which i have on my own desktop & does the job really well...

Here's my plan of attack...lol...
Download AVG on laptop - disconnect internet - go to programs & remove McAfee - install AVG - connect internet - update AVG - go!!!

I remember seeing on here about using a removal tool from McAfee to clean it all out can anyone point me in the right direction & where in the proceedure would i use it...?
Thanks......

espresso

See here for McAfee removal tool. Remove McAfee then install AVG.

bribrian

Cheers for that... On the link it says to use program add/remove first & then go online to download the removal tool, would it be safer to download it first to cut out going online without protection....?

Marty_J

bribrian wrote: »

Cheers for that... On the link it says to use program add/remove first & then go online to download the removal tool, would it be safer to download it first to cut out going online without protection....?

Yes, it would.

aliEnRIK

Heres the direct download in case you cant find it
(they REALLY go to town to try and hide the free version!)
http://www.grisoft.cz/filedir/inst/avg_free_stf_en_8_169a1359.exe