Not a happy bunny. Today I found a new icon on my system. No notification, no opportunity to refuse, 'fait accomplit' so there, Avast knows best!!
It appears that two versions 1.48.2066.44_0 and 1.48.2066.95_0 arrived on my system within five minutes. (1733hrs and 1738hrs)
Avast SafeZone - I did not ask for it, I did not want it so I decided to uninstall it. Now it all started to get nasty. There is no way I can remove this piece of software.
It does not appear under Programs & Features in Control Panel so there is no uninstall option there. Although I am set up and run my system as the only Administrator,
anyone else uses it only as a guest, it seems that something in the SafeZone software is overriding my permissions with its own. Each attempt to delete the Avast SafeZone
folder is rejected, initially saying requesting Administrator permission,(I am the
only Administrator),followed by a similar window saying I need permission from the
Administrators - do they mean Avast?
I have been through the complete package and there is no - recognisable - uninstall file. I cannot even delete any individual file within the overall package, neither, as Administrator,
can I alter the Permissions on any folder or file within the package. Even where I can initially change a permission it reverts to the Avast generated setting as soon as I exit the Permissions tabs.
Even Micro$oft hasn't managed to defeat me to this extent, or get me so annoyed.
Get your programming fingers out, guys and issue an uninstallation package with alacrity before you lose quite a few previously happy users.
Ken Lines.
