Latest CCleaner Version Released

dencal said:

As I had not been reading advice offered in this forum got caught with the unwanted Avast install.
To anyone updating CCleaner not wishing to install Avast untick the box...see attachment.

cbwilsha said:

"As I had not been reading advice offered in this forum got caught with the unwanted Avast install."

dencal, I got caught also! And the Uninstall is a PIA!

C.B.

Use this utility to completely get rid of Avast: Avast Uninstall Utility | Download aswClear for Avast Removal

Cliff S said:

Use this utility to completely get rid of Avast: Avast Uninstall Utility | Download aswClear for Avast Removal

Cliff
Unfortunately that link does not remove their footprints.

dencal said:

Cliff
Unfortunately that link does not remove their footprints.

Try Revo Uninstaller. It gets down and dirty and looks under all the rugs!

cbwilsha said:

Thank you, Cliff!

C.B.

You're welcome:)

dencal said:

Cliff
Unfortunately that link does not remove their footprints.

dencal, if it uninstalled everything, do a good cleaning with Ccleaner(or whatever system all-in-one system cleaner you use) , and then see what is left, then delete any leftovers manually, but be sure after running the avastclear.exe uninstaller, to reboot first, so files and registry entries "in use" can be deleted from the uninstaller first.

You can also then take a look in Regedit Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE for Avast and delete it's key's.

In the end if you still don't feel comfortable that everything is gone, you can always reimage to your last system image(that's probably what I would have done):)

Have removed all traces using Everything....ones that could not be removed using Everything were removed by following their path.
If using Everything make sure you install the administration version.
https://www.voidtools.com/Everything....x64-Setup.exe

I use Ultrasearch instead, but yeah searching using MFT is waaaay faster, and much more thorough, than searching using the Windows index.