Windows XP
Program Version: 8.0.1504
Virus Definition Version: 140109-0
I have been using Avast for quite sometime. The setup folder in Avast shows 1.54 GB. Is there any way to cleanup? i M ain the process of upgrading it to Avast 9. I need some disk space and trying to find out how to perform cleanup of Avast setup folder.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
TKR
My setup folder is in the region of 175MB, so what are the stand out files ?
e.g. largest size, repetitive files of a very similar name or file type, .mdmp
Have you been getting any avast errors displayed ?
I’m not wanting to interfere with DavidR’s fact finding but the best way to upgrade would be a clean install by using the removal tool, clean installs have less troubles especially when upgrading from different versions and this will also solve the bloated 1.54 GB install you have now.
After the upgrade it became to 1GB. The majority of them are DLD and VPX files. See below.
01/09/2014 08:31 PM 1,093,216 avbugreport_ais-7db.vpx
01/09/2014 08:56 PM 1,403,956 ais_cmp_swhealth-7d7.vpx
01/09/2014 09:41 PM 1,445,752 ais_gen_openssl-7cd.vpx
01/09/2014 08:51 PM 1,973,084 ais_cmp_bpc-7d4.vpx
01/09/2014 08:34 PM 2,605,225 jrog2-93c.vpx
01/09/2014 08:33 PM 2,966,792 offertool_ais-7db.vpx
01/09/2014 08:33 PM 3,167,112 setgui_ais-7db.vpx
01/09/2014 09:46 PM 5,417,422 ais_res-7d7.vpx
01/09/2014 09:40 PM 6,054,223 ais_gen_crt_x86-7cc.vpx
01/09/2014 08:55 PM 6,524,121 ais_cmp_grimefighter-7cd.vpx
01/09/2014 08:59 PM 6,557,196 ais_cmp_webrep-7d5.vpx
01/09/2014 08:32 PM 7,199,056 instup_ais-7db.vpx
01/09/2014 08:48 PM 8,585,898 vps_win32-c51.vpx
01/09/2014 09:29 PM 48,290,816 ais_core-7d7.vpx
01/09/2014 08:43 PM 53,131,704 vps_32-c40.vpx
02/08/2013 03:03 PM 17,334,272 vps_32-a03.vpx.dld
01/29/2013 01:49 PM 19,636,224 vps_32-9ef.vpx.dld
03/04/2013 09:16 PM 19,775,488 vps_32-a39.vpx.dld
03/04/2013 08:51 AM 20,439,040 vps_32-a38.vpx.dld
01/31/2013 09:45 AM 20,496,384 vps_32-9f2.vpx.dld
02/11/2013 10:37 AM 28,401,664 vps_32-a09.vpx.dld
01/22/2013 10:01 PM 35,684,352 vps_32-9e2.vpx.dld
07/02/2013 09:42 AM 38,584,320 vps_32-b2d.vpx.dld
01/26/2013 03:45 PM 47,865,856 vps_32-9e9.vpx.dld
03/08/2013 06:02 PM 49,700,864 vps_32-a40.vpx.dld
01/12/2013 12:14 PM 70,680,576 vps_32-9cb.vpx.dld
01/17/2013 02:10 PM 89,456,640 vps_32-9d7.vpx.dld
03/11/2013 08:45 AM 94,527,488 vps_32-a46.vpx.dld
01/10/2013 09:25 PM 115,138,560 vps_32-9c8.vpx.dld
01/25/2013 09:13 AM 164,331,520 vps_32-9e7.vpx.dld
The .vpx files are expected, but .dld… my guess is they could be interrupted downloads (also they are quite old, judging from the timestamps).
I’m not saying I’m familiar with the installer internals, but I would delete those DLD files (disabling self-defense may be needed to do that).