Avast weigh of 543 gb!

[valeros259]

Hello (i'm not  native English speaker, sorry if I dont express myself correctly)

I saw that my C: disk of 980 gb was full, something that is impossible because I have a lot of caution using my disk space, I have a gaming computer so I use an external SSD for my games.
Since I noticed that something was wrong I started a complete analysis of my system while I used "Treesize" so I could watch exactly where the problem was and I just noticed that Avast files on program data is weighing 543 Gb

What should I do? A virus just infected the main carpet of this antivirus?

[DavidR]

What Avast Program and version number are you using  ?

What is the exact folder location  ?

My Local Disk (C:) > Program Data > Avast Software folder is quite small at 188MB, image1.
My %appdata% User >AppData > roaming > AVAST Software is even smaller 42.6MB, image2.

However I'm only running a minimal installation of Avast Free.

[valeros259]

PROBLEM SOLVED.

Yeah the program was on the main files of avast I knew that avast shouldn't weigh too much so it was suspicious, the problematic file is called "WPR_initiated_WprApp_WPR System Collector.etl", apparently this is an error derived from windows actualizations.
If someone needs to solve it: you just need to change on windows the settings from Diagnostic and usage data changing the values from basic to/or enhanced.
Also, you can delete the file directly and apparently you can stop the process from CMD but I don't know how.

[DavidR]

I'm glad you have it sorted now.

Thanks for reporting the solution and the file, a google search for that file name gives lots of hits and it seems this has been going on for some time.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=WPR_initiated_WprApp_WPR+System+Collector.etl

PéterAsztalos
I had the same issue, could fix it by running wpr -cancel in cmd as administrator, I think this has something to do with the latest windows update, never had this issue before.

To resolve the WPR system collector.etl issue, please follow the steps below:

    Press Windows key+i to open Settings, then select Privacy.
    Under Privacy, select Feedback & diagnostics.
    Under Diagnostic and usage data, change Send your device data to Microsoft to Enhanced or Basic.
    Close the Settings.

This one confirms what you did.

[bob3160]

End result is that this is a Microsoft problem not an Avast problem.

[Peter55]

I am not so sure that this is [only] a Windows problem . Why do the files appear under Avast ? Does Avast need to adjust to be compatible? Windows does not have Advanced/ Basic settings under Privacy only Basic and Optional. I have the Basic setting. There is a setting on how often to send diagnostic data to Microsoft whaich is by default set to Automatic.  Windows + X, Powershell as Admin, wpr - cancel does not seem to shop the problem permanently. In Avast settings I have Debug/ log unchecked under Settings/ Troubleshooting. The problem keeps reoccurring. Should I try recording the problem ? Or turn the bug log on ?