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Forgotten password
« on: October 02, 2014, 01:19:05 PM »
I set up password protection,and now i TOTALLY forgot the password.Would anyone please help me?
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Re: Forgotten password
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2014, 03:46:42 PM »
Only thing you can do is a clean installation of avast.
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Re: Forgotten password
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2014, 04:40:14 PM »
You have to uninstall using avast uninstall tool

www.avast.com > support > downloads > uninstall utility


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Re: Forgotten password
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2014, 05:41:45 PM »
Not true!

I actually had a discussion with Avast! when I found this "exploit".. It works for all current versions. Avast! responded with, yeah we know, and we won't fix it, it was made by design.

Boot into Safe Mode then go to the following directory..

C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software\Avast\aswResp.dat

Delete that file and reboot, your password should be gone.
« Last Edit: October 03, 2014, 05:43:41 PM by Michael (alan1998) »
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Re: Forgotten password
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2014, 05:13:35 AM »
That does not work on every version... that file C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software\Avast\aswResp.dat
doesn't even exist on my computer... great idea, but no go.
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Re: Forgotten password
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2014, 12:53:12 PM »
Quote from: doodles2 on November 16, 2014, 05:13:35 AM
That does not work on every version... that file C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software\Avast\aswResp.dat
doesn't even exist on my computer... great idea, but no go.
What's your Operating System ???
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