Well, I tried using the AVG Remover program. It doesn't seem to have removed AVG 2011 (even after I restarted my system several times). Now AVG has performed an automatic update and it keeps asking me to restart my machine (. It's become a nuisance and I can't get rid of it. This issue seems to be limited only to AVG. I was able to uninstall other programs that I didn't have a use for but AVG 2011 stubbornly refuses to be removed.
I've attached the AVG remover log for clarification purposes. This whole situation is like a never-ending nightmare.