Just noticed that C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software takes up a whopping 6.8GB of hdd space? What does it need all this for? Most of it is in a subfolder called Spamconf (5.89GB). Seems to be trash. Does Avast have a way to delete these files if they are trash?
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It is already explained in other threads.
Here is just one of them > https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=185612.msg1307933#msg1307933
Thank for the tip. I was really hoping the program had its own function for this. Because that way is awkward.
Avast does have its own housekeeping routine, but I don’t know if this would be in it.
You can also change the AvastUI > Settings > General > Maintenance - Auto-Cleanup & Logs.
They seems to be on by default
They are on by default but you can reduce log sizes and number of days for scan logs to be retained.
As I mentioned I doubt that would have an impact on the Spamconf file you found, as mentioned in the link given by Eddy, it seems to be a bug/hiccup that was supposedly been resolved.
@GenRabbit: what files inside \Avast data folder are so big? or you can run: dir /s “c:\programdata\avast software” >content.txt command and send me (kurtin@avast.com) that file, thanks!
pk
From the OPs first post.
C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software Most of it is in a subfolder called Spamconf (5.89GB)
I’m not sure if there is anything left there as I believe he disabled the self-defence module and removed them.