Uninstalled avast but folders remain....

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello,

I have uninstalled avast (temporarily of course :slight_smile: ) but I cannot delete or access the following folders which remained after uninstalling avast home ed,

C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\chest
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\log

OS = WinXP Pro

I am also logged in as the administrator.

How do I delete these folders?

Thanks for any help 8)

2

Can’t you see their contents or you just can’t delete them?
Did you use Avast Uninstall tool?

3

Cant see their contents, atempting to open them windows says Access denied.
When I try to delete them, windows also says access denied.

Yes, i did try the uninstall utility.

4

Did you try to boot in Safe Mode and deleting from there?

5

Yes I did.

:-[

6

I have solved my problem :slight_smile:

I moved the folder out of program files to my desktop.

And that somehow changed the file permissions and i was able to delete it.

7

Just a thought, not so long ago when it was discussed about an escalating permissions vulnerability in the avast folders, there was a work around posted in one of the threads.

Did you by any chance apply this work around ?

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I am not aware of any work around or of the thread relating to this, so in response to your question, no.