Uninstalling AVG is like removing a virus

Hello Jason,
If you are trying to uninstall AVG 2017 then it will not get removed by AVG Remover tool. Please go to control panel, programs and features and Uninstall your AVG Program. If it's still not able to get removed please go to safe mode and try to uninstall it from control panel. Feel Free to contact us again if you need any further assistance. Thank you.

As mentioned, revouninstaller won't even remove it. I didn't move on to revouninstaller without trying out standard windows options first. There were(are) no AVG products under add/remove programs in order to try out that approach.

The product is still running on my system and AVG remover will not completely remove it. Nor will revouninstaller. The following processes are still running in the background on any restart and can not be stopped:

AVG service process
AVG user interface.

Please explain how to remove this software from my system when the tools provided do not function.
Hello Jason,
If you are trying to uninstall AVG 2017 then it will not get removed by AVG Remover tool. Please go to control panel, programs and features and Uninstall your AVG Program. If it's still not able to get removed please go to safe mode and try to uninstall it from control panel. Feel Free to contact us again if you need any further assistance. Thank you.

As mentioned, revouninstaller won't even remove it. I didn't move on to revouninstaller without trying out standard windows options first. There were(are) no AVG products under add/remove programs in order to try out that approach.

Hello Jason,
We apologize for the inconvenience. We request you to stop all the AVG services once and then try to uninstall it manually from the control panel and from C drive: Program files.

To open services,
Please click on Windows key along with R key to open the Run command.
Type services.msc
On the list of services, search for AVG programs.
Please stop all the AVG services running on your computer.

Thank you.