如何卸载AVG？终止进程后仍无法卸载的问题求助

Hey there, I’ve run into this exact stubborn issue with AVG before—those auto-reviving processes are such a pain. Let’s walk through a few reliable fixes to get rid of it for good:

• Force Terminate All AVG Processes via Terminal
  Activity Monitor only kills the visible main process, but AVG runs background daemons that immediately restart it. Use Terminal to wipe out all related processes at once:

  1. Open Applications > Utilities > Terminal
  2. First, list all AVG-related processes to confirm what’s running:

     ps aux | grep -i avg
     

  3. Kill every AVG process with a forced termination signal (this skips any "graceful quit" attempts that let it restart):

     sudo killall -9 -i avg*
     

     • -9 sends an unignorable kill signal, -i prompts you to confirm each process so you don’t accidentally kill unrelated apps
     • Enter your admin password when prompted (it won’t show on screen—this is normal)
  4. Immediately launch your uninstaller right after running this command, before any processes can reboot.

• Use AVG’s Official Uninstall Tool
  Third-party antivirus tools like AVG have dedicated uninstallers designed to handle these exact background process issues:

  1. Search for "AVG Mac official uninstall tool" on AVG’s website (just head to their official site and look for support resources)
  2. Download the tool matching your macOS version, open the disk image, and run the uninstaller
  3. Follow the on-screen prompts—it will automatically terminate all AVG processes, delete core files, and clean up leftover components that manual uninstalls miss

• Disable AVG’s Auto-Launch Entries
  The process keeps restarting because it’s set to launch automatically at boot. Let’s disable those first:

  1. Open System Settings (or System Preferences on older macOS versions) > General > Login Items
  2. Find any entries with "AVG" in the name, click the - button to remove them
  3. Back in Terminal, delete AVG’s system-level launch daemons:

     sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.avg.*.plist
     

  4. Check for user-level launch agents too:

     rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.avg.*.plist
     

  5. Restart your Mac, then try uninstalling AVG again

• Uninstall in Safe Mode
  If all else fails, Safe Mode blocks third-party auto-start processes entirely:

  1. Restart your Mac, hold down the Shift key as it boots until you see the login window
  2. Log in (you might see a "Safe Mode" label in the menu bar)
  3. Now attempt to uninstall AVG—since no background AVG processes are running, it should delete without issues

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Zaror