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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: jpaulb1 on July 28, 2020, 02:32:13 AM

Title: Avast Premium: Leaves several folders in my PROGRAM FILES (x86).
Post by: jpaulb1 on July 28, 2020, 02:32:13 AM

Hi Everybody,
I'm discovering that Avast Premium is creating and filling folders right in the PROGRAM FILES (x86) directory.

Each of these new folders is named G*.tmp and blocks about 20-30 MB in my storage.

Can anyone explain or even direct me to an Avast produced KB article?

Many thanks,
Paul

Title: Re: Avast Premium: Leaves several folders in my PROGRAM FILES (x86).
Post by: DavidR on July 28, 2020, 03:35:20 AM

Do you mean the C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\x86 folder ?

A screenshot might help, as I don't see it in my x86 folder.  But then I'm only using avast free..

Title: Re: Avast Premium: Leaves several folders in my PROGRAM FILES (x86).
Post by: jpaulb1 on July 29, 2020, 12:35:51 AM

Hi David,

You're right.  The directory is C:/Program Files (x86)/

All of the G*.tmp directories are off this general root directory.
GUM*.tmp

Regards,
-Paul-

Title: Re: Avast Premium: Leaves several folders in my PROGRAM FILES (x86).
Post by: DavidR on July 29, 2020, 01:35:40 AM

Strange, mind you I don't know if these could be related to some of the Avast Premium components not in Avast Free.

How old are these G*.tmp folders and any file contents ?

Title: Re: Avast Premium: Leaves several folders in my PROGRAM FILES (x86).
Post by: igor on July 29, 2020, 11:16:04 AM

How do you know that those folders are created by Avast? Do you know what process?

Title: Re: Avast Premium: Leaves several folders in my PROGRAM FILES (x86).
Post by: jpaulb1 on July 29, 2020, 08:50:02 PM

i know the directories are created by AVAST! because they are full of AVAST! files

I'm gonna erase them anyway.  Thanks, Guys

Title: Re: Avast Premium: Leaves several folders in my PROGRAM FILES (x86).
Post by: igor on July 29, 2020, 09:21:52 PM

What files in particular? Can you give us a few examples of the exact filenames?

Title: Re: Avast Premium: Leaves several folders in my PROGRAM FILES (x86).
Post by: Asyn on July 30, 2020, 09:02:11 AM

Seems to be related to ASB updates, see: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=235373.0