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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: cygmon0 on January 26, 2020, 06:48:35 PM

Title: connecting to avast even when uninstalled?
Post by: cygmon0 on January 26, 2020, 06:48:35 PM

Hi there..



I'm curious about avast premier that i uninstalled yesterday..

i replaced it with kaspersky..

and somwhow this domain is connecting to the internet every time

"analytics.ff.avast.com"

I had to block it manually with firewall..


any reason why this thing is still connecting ?

Title: Re: connecting to avast even when uninstalled?
Post by: bob3160 on January 26, 2020, 07:47:22 PM

Quote from: cygmon0 on January 26, 2020, 06:48:35 PM

Hi there..



I'm curious about avast premier that i uninstalled yesterday..

i replaced it with kaspersky..

and somwhow this domain is connecting to the internet every time

"analytics.ff.avast.com"

I had to block it manually with firewall..


any reason why this thing is still connecting ?

How did you remove Avast?

Title: Re: connecting to avast even when uninstalled?
Post by: cygmon0 on January 26, 2020, 08:01:09 PM

Throgh the control panel. after uninstalling it prompt to restart. i restarted it like 4 times since yesterday..

still. that domain keeps connecting today

Title: Re: connecting to avast even when uninstalled?
Post by: DavidR on January 26, 2020, 08:07:29 PM

@  cygmon0
Given this comment:

Quote from: cygmon0

somehow this domain is connecting to the internet every time "analytics.ff.avast.com"

Are you using Firefox ?
If so have you removed the Avast Online Security add-on ?

Title: Re: connecting to avast even when uninstalled?
Post by: bob3160 on January 26, 2020, 08:08:40 PM

Quote from: cygmon0 on January 26, 2020, 08:01:09 PM

Throgh the control panel. after uninstalling it prompt to restart. i restarted it like 4 times since yesterday..

still. that domain keeps connecting today

Use the Avast removal tool.
Download Avast Uninstall Utility (http://www.avast.com/en-gb/uninstall-utility (https://www.avast.com/en-us/uninstall-utility)) to your Desktop.4
A video to help you use the Avast Uninstall Utility is available at: https://youtu.be/KD8LO8OxmvM (https://youtu.be/KD8LO8OxmvM)