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Offline Carlos812

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Defs folder weighs 63 GB and I cannot free up space
« on: July 30, 2019, 06:53:59 PM »
I have a folder called DEFS inside the AVAST folder which has a weight of 63 GB I can not delete files from this folder and I need to free up space, what should I do?
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Re: Defs folder weighs 63 GB and I cannot free up space
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2019, 07:15:55 PM »
Turn off selfe protection and try again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eYUyGauD8g


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Re: Defs folder weighs 63 GB and I cannot free up space
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2019, 07:56:49 PM »
I have a folder called DEFS inside the AVAST folder which has a weight of 63 GB I can not delete files from this folder and I need to free up space, what should I do?

This is highly unusual on occasion my xp system will show the last coule of defs upsates and some of the streams.  Generally if that happens there are 2 defs sub-folders that have the full database (house keeping should hive off old sub-folders) my defs folder is about 380MB not GB.

I would also suggest an Avast Repair.

Do you have the virus definitions update set to Automatic ?

I take it you leave your computer on all of the time ?
If so I would suggest a full windows restart as I believe this is the time when avast clears up these old folders (it appears to do this on my XP system).
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Re: Defs folder weighs 63 GB and I cannot free up space
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2019, 09:27:07 PM »
Turn off selfe protection and try again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eYUyGauD8g



I already did the process and it is not yet possible to delete the files

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Re: Defs folder weighs 63 GB and I cannot free up space
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2019, 09:30:30 PM »
I have a folder called DEFS inside the AVAST folder which has a weight of 63 GB I can not delete files from this folder and I need to free up space, what should I do?

This is highly unusual on occasion my xp system will show the last coule of defs upsates and some of the streams.  Generally if that happens there are 2 defs sub-folders that have the full database (house keeping should hive off old sub-folders) my defs folder is about 380MB not GB.

I would also suggest an Avast Repair.

Do you have the virus definitions update set to Automatic ?

I take it you leave your computer on all of the time ?
If so I would suggest a full windows restart as I believe this is the time when avast clears up these old folders (it appears to do this on my XP system).



If it really is a machine it can take a long time without shutting down, I'm going to schedule the restart and I'm telling you, thanks

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Re: Defs folder weighs 63 GB and I cannot free up space
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2019, 11:17:24 PM »
You're welcome, hopefully that should bring down the number of sub-folders in the defs folder.
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Re: Defs folder weighs 63 GB and I cannot free up space
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2019, 10:16:55 AM »
Carlos812 Could you create/submit a support package first, as decribed here? https://support.avast.com/en-ww/article/Submit-support-file
I'd like to know what was inside those folders and why is was left there.
Thanks.

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Re: Defs folder weighs 63 GB and I cannot free up space
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2019, 03:44:43 PM »
Indeed, after restarting, 63 gb were released, now it only weighs 200 mg.
thanks for your help

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Re: Defs folder weighs 63 GB and I cannot free up space
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2019, 06:23:08 PM »
Indeed, after restarting, 63 gb were released, now it only weighs 200 mg.
thanks for your help

You're welcome.

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