How to remove the AVG search handler from Start menu

Question

In Windows XP I have installed the latest build of AVG antivirus 7.5. It has also added the AVG icon and the text "Viruses" as an option to the "Search" button on Start menu. I don't like this clutter and want search to revert to displaying only the "Files and folders" option.

This article describes how to remove the Viruses entry from the Start menu Search options.

Removing AVG search handler

• Click Start, Run. Type regedit.exe and press ENTER
• Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ FindExtensions \ Static \ Avg7Find

• From the File menu, click Export and export the key to a REG file
• Right-click on the Avg7Find key and choose Delete
• Exit the Registry Editor

Note: The above steps were written for AVG antivirus version 7.5. The subkey name (Avg7Find) may vary depending upon the version of AVG antivirus you've installed.