Avast is a virus itself - DO NOT INSTALL YOU WILL NEVER GET RID OF IT

[DavidR]

guys i know what your thinking. avast isnt that bad, its not worth it i got a 5tb external for an ealy christmas gift and when i pluged it into the computer with avast it said that it was connected to a porn site (im pretty sure was fake)

More details required, e.g. avast alert details, a screenshot might help us to help you.

[markukl]

I have very unpleasant consequences of using a few times Avast Secure Browser for some financial transactions on the internet. WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING OR ASKING FOR PERMISSION, ASB has spread to other files on my computer and has practically taken it over, imposing Windows Security settings and changing i. a. my pictures into html files, so I have now a few thousand pictures with the Avast yellow padlock, which do present themselves as html files, In the result, if in order to open them I use My Computer, it tries to open them with browsers. Fortunately, I am still able to open them if I use image processing software rather than My Computer. Ever more serious problems have been caused with my documents. I am now investigating, how extensive it is, but I can already see that while I am able to edit access permissions on some of MY documents, in approximately 80% (!!!) I am unsuccessful. If I am unable to access MY OWN documents, because of the havoc created by ASB on my computer, this is not a joking matter, so I expect from Avast an effective assistance in sorting this out and preventing such malicious spread of this software, which, ostensibly, is to be used for browsing only but behaves as aggressive malware. Trust me, I will not stay limited with this message to the Avast forum only!

[bob3160]

I have very unpleasant consequences of using a few times Avast Secure Browser for some financial transactions on the internet. WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING OR ASKING FOR PERMISSION, ASB has spread to other files on my computer and has practically taken it over, imposing Windows Security settings and changing i. a. my pictures into html files, so I have now a few thousand pictures with the Avast yellow padlock, which do present themselves as html files, In the result, if in order to open them I use My Computer, it tries to open them with browsers. Fortunately, I am still able to open them if I use image processing software rather than My Computer. Ever more serious problems have been caused with my documents. I am now investigating, how extensive it is, but I can already see that while I am able to edit access permissions on some of MY documents, in approximately 80% (!!!) I am unsuccessful. If I am unable to access MY OWN documents, because of the havoc created by ASB on my computer, this is not a joking matter, so I expect from Avast an effective assistance in sorting this out and preventing such malicious spread of this software, which, ostensibly, is to be used for browsing only but behaves as aggressive malware. Trust me, I will not stay limited with this message to the Avast forum only!

What ever is locking up your files isn't coming from the Avast Secure Browser. It's a browser based on Chromium just like Googel's Chrome browser. it doesn't have access to your files.

[cheryl123]

I used to love it...but it is annoying now.

[Yousef]

avast bad because it give you false warning and it sucks i don't recommend it

[Peng5]

I had no problems at all. Even though, it keeps on popping up that Adobe Flash is a virus. Can someone explain that?

[DavidR]

avast bad because it give you false warning and it sucks i don't recommend it

Given the fact that you give ZERO information about this so called false warning, no one can investigate it.

Good luck in finding an antivirus that brings this level of protection without the occasional false positive.

[DavidR]

I had no problems at all. Even though, it keeps on popping up that Adobe Flash is a virus. Can someone explain that?

Not much to work with here either.
A screenshot of the Avast Alert window with the Details option selected might help to investigate it.
Are you using the latest version of Adobe Flash ?
I don't use it so I can't speak from personal experience.

Attaching Images to your post - When you Click the Reply button it opens a text window for you to post your comment (reply or post).
Click the Preview button, that shows what you have input and expands it to include 'Attachments and other options'. Click that it further expands, here you can attach images, etc. at the bottom of your post.
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[Robert333]

User "REDACTED" wrote:

[...] I [...] thought I'd put Avast Free on my pc and run it to see if it caught anything else Malwarebytes or I may have missed - I've been trying to delete it now for hours and can't. [...]

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I notice that the post is devoid of any issues or reasons for why the OP wishes to remove Avast.
Therefore I assume the OP found no problems in running Avast, but wished to use it only temporarily.
He also fails to explain whether he had any other antivirus program starting with his operating system (aka "in memory"); it is not advisable to have more than one antivirus in memory.

User "REDACTED" also wrote:

[...] AvastClear isn't working and I can't remove Avast from my computer. [...]

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The Avast Clean Tool is supposed to be used in Safe mode.
Most software vendors provide a Clean Tool (aka "erazer") in case the usual method of uninstallation does not work.

A more proper time to complain (instead of putting logical questions supported by examples) would be if someone puts their question and believes they had not got helpful responses.
It may also be (not saying there are) that there could be other applications that while not amounting to gray-wear or viruses on the OP's System, but which could still cause annoyance (software conflicts), and indeed some emotion. If someone has problems on their System, it is inappropriate to simply default to blaming the antivirus.

I have Avast antivirus running on my computer and for the most part it runs and performs its functions correctly.
On one occasion I had not updated the Avast application and need to uninstall and reinstall it - The Avast clean tool used, performed properly in Safe mode.

[DavidR]

Not much point in trying to respond to a post/topic from 15 December 2018, especially as they have deleted their account.

[Robert333]

David R wrote:

Not much point in trying to respond to a post/topic from 15 December 2018 [...

Thanks. I didn't notice the date, but others will see this Discussion and possibly my response; which I still believe is appropriate.
But, thanks for rightly pointing that out; I'll have to check the date from now on!

[DavidR]

David R wrote:

Not much point in trying to respond to a post/topic from 15 December 2018 [...

Thanks. I didn't notice the date, but others will see this Discussion and possibly my response; which I still believe is appropriate.
But, thanks for rightly pointing that out; I'll have to check the date from now on!

It is really still the same issue, much has changed in 6 years and breathing life into an old topic isn't great (the only reason they are likely to see it). 
People are unlikely to see it is very old as you did.

So it is best to stick with your own topic.

[bob3160]

Reviving an old topic is really never a good idea.