avast unisntall utility just erradicated several gigs of data

im never going to use another malicious avast program ever again , i want my data back NOW…

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https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=160530.0

yup that’s exactly it , went into safe mode cause it said to do it in safe mode , it had the installation folders for avast selected , ran the uninstall and suddenly OP THERE GOES 50 GIGS OF YOUR DATA , THANK YOU FOR USING AVAST…
as far as i know the only data lost was contained in the folder the uninstall program was in , i haven’t had time to check around yet…
I WANT MY DATA BACK NOW AVAST…

Can you send me content of C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software\Persistent Data\Avast\Logs directory?

wow , how did you know that path/file was still there? i would have thought an uninstall utility would have gotten rid of ALL installed program data , but suppose it it’s good that it leaves the log files for such cases…