Uninstalling Avast Security from Mac. To uninstall Avast Security via the menu bar, follow the detailed steps in the Preferred section. To uninstall Avast Security via the setup file, follow the detailed steps in the Alternative section. Deleting or moving Avast Security to the Trash does not uninstall the program. I installed Avast Mac Security and its sister VPN app. I ran a scan and found lots of adware and dumped them. I accepted it default settings and went back to work.
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- To remove Avast SecureLine VPN from your Mac, you need to uninstall it from the program's menu bar. Deleting or moving SecureLine VPN to the Trash does not completely remove the program. Uninstall Avast SecureLine VPN for Mac.
- I am having a weird issue reinstalling Avast Security for Mac since I was unable to update the program yesterday. So I uninstalled Avast via the uninstaller and cleaned all caches and leftovers with Onyx.
- It depends upon what Avast (or your IT guy) detects as wrong with the computer. But you should get a good anti-virus suite (such as Avast), install it, then update it so that it is completely current, and then do a Full Scan or a Deep Scan (NOT a 'Quick Scan') on your Hard Drive, before thinking about installing anything new.
Somebody installed Avast! on this MacBook running OSX 10.8 (that's what
uname
said) and now it won't boot, it gets stuck at the apple logo and nothing more, I was able to boot into single-user mode and made a backup. I have already run Avast!'s uninstall script at:But it didn't solve anything.
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How can I restore my MacBook? How can I make it boot normally? I am a complete noob using Apple products.
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Try this link: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=151393.15
part way down the first page of the thread, the poster Francisco Velasco had a solution that worked for me (his is reply #9 August 17, 2014). Good luck, and steer clear of Avast Antivirus - I'm going back to ClamX AV!!
- Turn off your Mac, press Command + S, turn on, and don´t release Command + S until you see the Apple logo
- When you are in the prompt (a black screen with white letters), type
/sbin/mount -uw / < ENTER >
- Work through these commands, in sequence:
cd Library < ENTER >
cd Application Support < ENTER >
(as there is a space between 'Application' & 'Support', we use after Application then a space)cd Avast < ENTER >
cd components < ENTER >
cd uninstall < ENTER >
cd com.avast.uninstall.app < ENTER >
cd Contents < ENTER >
cd MacOS < ENTER >
- Now, in this last folder if you type
ls < ENTER >
You will see a file called uninstall.sh, and this is the one to run to removeAvast, now to use it you must use the following instructionsudo sh uninstall.sh < ENTER >
After this now you can reboot your Macreboot < ENTER >
- If after this reboot you can´t login your Mac, turn off your mac, repeat step 1 and 2 and now go to the folder
cd private < ENTER >
cd etc < ENTER >
ls < ENTER >
and you see a file with the name launchd.conf, you need to delete this file, type the followingrm launchd.conf < ENTER >
Reboot your Mac withreboot < ENTER >
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Restart your Mac and press :
This would put your mac in a recovery state, this should help & make sure your data is backed up.
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To uninstall Avast from Mac on Yosemite, El Capitan (haven't check it for previous OS X).
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Method #1Find provided uninstaller. Usually it's inside dmg file with Avast.Launch it and it should completely uninstall Avast.
Method #2Uninstall Avast as usual. Then delete following files and folders:
Macintosh HD > Users > [current user] >~Library > Application Support > Avast
Macintosh HD > Users > [current user] >~Library > Caches > com.avast.AAFM
Macintosh HD > Users > [current user] >~Library > LaunchAgents > com.avast.home.userpront.plist
P.S. Be sure you perform all manipulations as Administrator
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