Files in the Virus Chest cannot run or access your system and data, so any malicious code contained within a file is unable to harm your Mac. If you double-click a file in the Virus Chest, only the file properties are displayed. This prevents infected files from being run accidentally and potentially causing damage to your Mac. Avast for mac review. Sep 04, 2018  over the weekend my main Mac Pro's performance slowed to that of an unusually overtaxed slug. Even opening the front page of the New York Times or WSJournal crawled. Downloaded Avast Security and a 'full scan' found 99 infected files. Thought Macs were immune but of course no longer; I'm rescanning my mail, since that's where most of them were. Oct 24, 2012  Author Topic: avast for mac, 'Infection detected!' Warning incessantly returning (Read 4941 times) warning incessantly returning (Read 4941 times) 0.

Follow the below steps to uninstall old version of AVG Antivirus for Mac. To uninstall AVG 15 - Open Finder > Applications > right click on AVG AntiVirus.app > select Show package contents > open Contents folder > double click on Uninstaller.app.

BleepingComputer Review:

The Avast Software Uninstall Utility is a stand-alone program that will scan your computer for Avast products and uninstall all traces of them. Unfortunately, there are times that you will not be able to uninstall Avast programs as you normally should via the Add or Remove Programs control panel. In these situations you can use the Avast Uninstall Utility to remove their products from your computer.

Usage Instructions:

To uninstall Avast programs using the Avast Uninstall Utility, please perform the following steps:

1. Restart your computer in Safe Mode.
2. At the login prompt, login as a user with administrative rights.
3. Once you are at your desktop, double-click on the aswclear.exe file.
4. When the program has started, select the Avast program you wish to remove.
5. Once the program is selected, click on the Uninstall button.
6. The Avast Uninstall Utility will then remove all traces of this program.

Note: If you installed Avast into a different location than its default, then you will also need to click on the browse button and select the folder that you installed the Avast product into. Please make sure you specify the correct folder as the folder and all of its contents will be removed.

Company's Description:

Sometimes it´s not possible to uninstall avast! the standard way - using the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS in control panel. In this case, you can use our uninstallation utility aswClear.

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While we definitely recommend staying with Avast Antivirus, some of you may want to uninstall Avast and go with another security. Or you just want to remove Avast and install it again (re-install).

Anyway here is a step-by-step guide how to completely remove Avast antivirus from your machine running on Windows 10, 8, 7, XP or even Mac OS X. As you can see below, it’s not that easy and it includes lot of steps – five actually.

This guide works for all Avast antivirus solutions: Free Antivirus, Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier, or Free Mac Security.

1. Locate Avast Antivirus in the Windows/Mac Programs and Features

Then you should see a list of all programs installed on your machine, simply find Avast antivirus, left-click on it, and select ‘Uninstall‘.

Locating Avast Antivirus within the Windows/Mac Installed Programs

2. Start the Avast Uninstall Process

On the Avast Setup window click on ‘Uninstall‘ (orange button at the bottom).

Starting the Avast Antivirus Uninstallation Process

3. Confirm the Uninstall Process

When prompted confirm the uninstall process is legitimate action by clicking on ‘Yes‘.

Confirming the Avast Antivirus Uninstallation Process

4. Confirm the Uninstall Process (Again)

Now Avast offers a really last chance to keep it. If you go with the ‘Renew your Avast Free Antivirus’ option, it will register you for one year.

But you probably want to go with the uninstall, so just click on the ‘Uninstall Avast’ button.

Confirming the Avast Antivirus Uninstallation Process (Again)

Avg Mac

5. Wait Until the Uninstallation Process Finish and Restart Your Computer

Finally the uninstall process should begin now. You can just wait now. It should take only a few minutes. After it finishes click on the orange button ‘Restart computer‘ or the link below ‘Restart later‘ if you plan to restart manually.

Avast is Now Completely Removed and Only Windows Restart is Needed

Uninstallation Using the Avast Uninstall Utility

If you are not able to remove Avast using this standard procedure, you can try to use the Avast Uninstall Utility which is fully automatic and removes all the leftover files from your system.

Uninstaller For Avast

Additional Notes

Although we have used Avast Free Antivirus 2019 screenshots in this article, these steps are also applicable for all Avast Antivirus solutions (i.e. also for Avast Pro Antivirus, Avast Internet Security, or Avast Premier) running the latest version available.

Uninstall Avast For Mac

Steps are relevant for all Windows versions – Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (including Anniversary Update).

Sep 08, 2009  avast! Antivirus 2.74 only got a mediocre reading (3 of 5 stars). ClamXav got a much better rating. Not sure why you need any of them. Perhaps it gives you piece of mind but I haven't used any and had no problems since 1985. Is avast any good antivirus.