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• REMOVE AVAST CLEANUP STOP PAYMETN INSTALL

The command rm to delete the application software and data: This directory contains sub-directories that has to be deleted also. On my Mac the leftover Avast Cleanup resides in the directory /Applications/AvastCleanup.app This command shows all the directories in which Avast software resides. Sudo find / -iname "*Avast*" -print | grep -v denied Sudo will ask for the administrator password of the Mac. Unexperienced shell users should study shell commands.įind the directories with the application software and data to delete: The shell commands find and delete the directories and their contents.īe very carefull, because you have to use root permission to execute them!Īny executed mistype results in a corrupt OS! The only way to get rid of undeletable apps is to use Terminal and use a couple of shell commands.

So 'Avast Cleanup' cannot be closed or quit. And a force quit does not work.Ĭommand-Option-Escape shows the current apps and 'Avast Cleanup' is not displayed. You can show that it is running in the Activity Monitor. This app is a daemon process and it is not possible to trash it, because MacOs reports that it is 'open'. So I used their Avast Uninstall.app to remove the programs.Īfter a restart there was a leftover: 'Avast Cleanup'.

REMOVE AVAST CLEANUP STOP PAYMETN INSTALL

Stupid move of Avast, because their free program never asked to install the full Avast suite. Due to continuously asking to install the full program suite, I decided to uninstall the Avast software. Several corresponding programs were installed. I once installed Avast software (anti malware, cleanup, security).