Avast Free Mac Security 2015 Free Avast Mac Security (formerly Avast Free Antivirus for Mac) offers three shields,on-demand scanning and WebRep clients which are automatically (optionally) installed to Safari. Usually Avast will add the signing certificate it uses to generate fake site certificates to a Firefox settings file for you automatically. However, if that file is removed (either by hand or using the Refresh feature), it needs to be added again. Good Article on Mac AV Software. Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by Brawdy14, Feb 1, 2018. Been using Avast for years, it is supposed to be one of the better, and least impacting AV apps for the Mac. I am running 'ElCapitan' 10.11.6 on a mid 2009 MBP machine. 2.53GHz With 8GB memory 1067MHz DD3.
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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. However, while I was able to search topics using Google, I couldn't open any webpage links. So I decided to uninstall Avast. Bis mistake 1...I dumped the app to Trash (didn't use the uninstall process). Went back to work, couldn't get any internet to work, no email nothing.
Avast For Mac 10.6.8
I found it had left extensions in the preferences in each of the browsers (safari, firefox and chrome). I removed these and email worked. But most web pages still cannot be opened.
I am assuming Avast has left me with a little gift for uninstalling it incorrectly. Does anyone know how to get rid of it completely? Files hidden in Library or Active Monitor or what the file names might be? Any help would be appreciated.
BTW - I rang Avast for support. They told me they could fix it, but that I have to pay them $179 for technical support. Nice customer service....
I am using a macbook pro running on 10.10.5
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), Find my iPhone app
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