AVG 9

[pwillener]

Still playing with 'JDiskReport'; found lots of potential garbage from AVG9 in folders

• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Dumps
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Log
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Temp
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\update\download
  

I will go and delete some of the stuff, to see if it prevents AVG9 from functioning.

[pwillener]

What I did delete:

• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Dumps\*.*
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Log\avg*.log.?
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Log\avg*.log.??
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Temp\*.*
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\update\download\*.bin
  

I have not been able to delete some of today's files from the Temp subfolder.

[pwillener]

After deleting the above contents I rebooted Windows, and AVG9 started fine. I was also able to run Update, Scan, etc. I think it is safe to delete those files.

 

P.S. regarding the avg*.log.? and avg*.log.?? files in the Log folder: there are many files like

• avg*.log.1
  
• avg*.log.2
  
• avg*.log.3
  
• avg*.log.4
  
• avg*.log.5
  
• avg*.log.6
  
• avg*.log.7
  
• avg*.log.8
  
• avg*.log.9
  
• avg*.log.10
  
• avg*.log.lock
  

It was my feeling that it is safe to delete the .1 ~ .10 files, but not the .lock files, which are all from the installation day, but 0 bytes in size. I don't know if they are actually needed or not, but I thought I'd leave them alone.

[ident]

Are any of the logs ever needed from a av scan???

[Andavari]

Are any of the logs ever needed from a av scan???

They're very useful when more than one person uses a computer, or when needing malware removal help.

[pwillener]

How does CCleaner currently remove AVG9 stuff - I cannot find anything in winapp.ini or winapp2.ini ?

[Andavari]

How does CCleaner currently remove AVG9 stuff - I cannot find anything in winapp.ini or winapp2.ini ?

 

Because the INI is embedded inside of CCleaner.exe which you can view (or modify)* using the freeware Resource Hacker.

 

When using Resource Hacker you'll find it located in CCleaner.exe at:

INI -> 273 -> AVG AntiVirus 9.0

 

*I don't recommend ever re-saving CCleaner.exe with Resource Hacker though since that will invalidate CCleaner's Digital Signature - meaning it's been modified and tampered with.

 

This is what CCleaner already cleans:

FileKey1=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\Log|*.log
FileKey2=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\scanlogs|*.log
FileKey3=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\Log|*.xml
FileKey4=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\update\backup|*.*
FileKey5=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\Emc\Log|*.log

[pwillener]

Thank you, Andavari, I didn't know that.

 

It was my feeling that it is safe to delete the .1 ~ .10 files, but not the .lock files, which are all from the installation day, but 0 bytes in size. I don't know if they are actually needed or not, but I thought I'd leave them alone.

I have now also deleted all the *.log.lock files in the Log folder, and AVG9 is still fully functional. However, these *.log.lock files were immediately recreated, so I think we should leave them alone.

 

I would like to propose that these items be added to the cleanup of AVG9:

• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Dumps\*.*
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Log\avg*.log.?
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Log\avg*.log.??
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\Temp\*.*
  
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\avg9\update\download\*.bin