Avast Free unwantendly installed as sideload - Overseer not deleted by Cleaner

[Augur]

Hi,

Avast installed liked a malware and I had to use the cleaner in Windows in save mode. The virus scanner was deleted then but it leaves a file C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avast Software\Overseer\overseer.exe

I checked the avast cleaner but there is no option to delete this as well. How can I delete the rest of avast free as it seems the cleaner is not working fine.

Regards,
Nils

[Asyn]

Hi Nils, have you tried removing it in safe mode..!?

[DavidR]

According to his post, he has.

Avast installed liked a malware and I had to use the cleaner in Windows in save mode.

[Asyn]

According to his post, he has.

Avast installed liked a malware and I had to use the cleaner in Windows in save mode.

Sorry if I wasn't clear, I meant removing the remaining file manually in safe mode.

[DavidR]

No problem.

Seems like Avast CleanUp needs a rework, why would it leave anything in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avast Software\ folder.

For Nils - https://www.minitool.com/news/overseer-exe.html

[Augur]

Removed it manually now in standard mode. Was not sure if this is fine so I asked here before. Also found some entries left in the registry that I removed.

Are there other things that have to be deleted manually which are not removed by cleaner?

[DavidR]

In most cases the normal uninstall should be fine.  With the backup for that being the avast! Uninstall Utility, avastclear.exe, that you said you ran.