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Offline DougCuk

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Cleanup Component installed during update to 17.8
« on: November 17, 2017, 11:38:07 PM »
The automatic update from Avast Free 17.7 to 17.8 silently installed the Avast Cleanup component (shown as Cleanup Premium in the Performance section). Cleanup was not installed before the update.

I have now seen this on two computers - the first time I assumed it was a human error - but the second time it was most definitly and un-authorised installation during the version upgrade.   

This unexpected action appears to have also been reported for Avast Internet Security product during the same version upgrade - see here https://forum.avast.com/?topic=210865.0
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Re: Cleanup Component installed during update to 17.8
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2017, 04:51:24 AM »
-> https://support.avast.com/article/96/ (Add/Remove components)
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Offline Evjls

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Re: Cleanup Component installed during update to 17.8
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2017, 09:30:08 AM »
I also noticed this problem too
there is one more problem that after the automatic installation, Cleanup component constantly uses my CPU at 13%. Repairing or rebooting doesn't fix the constant CPU usage
I also tried to enter the cleanup component in the UI but it kept loading endlessly

The only solution is removing the component
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