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    Delete Avast! Antivirus Skin

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by sandesign, May 12, 2008.

  1. sandesign

    sandesign Notebook Consultant

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    Hi to all

    I have Avast Antivirus. I downloaded a Skin from the official site to change the default one, but i didn't like it at all :mad: , so i want to uninstall it completely. The program doesn't give an option to do it.

    Any recommendation would be appreciated...

    Thanks in advance... :)
     
    sandesign, May 12, 2008
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  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not familiar at all with Avast, but for many apps that have skins I go to My Comp>c drive>program files>(PROGRAM HERE)In your case Avast>Skins ?
     
    McGrady, May 12, 2008
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  3. sandesign

    sandesign Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for your response. Yes, the skins are located in C:/Program Files/Alwil Software/Avast4/Data/Skins. I tried to delete the files associated with the skins, but UAC asks me for permissions. Is neccesary to shut down completely Avast before doing this?

    Is there another way?
     
    sandesign, May 12, 2008
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  4. jin07

    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Just try it in safe mode. It's probably another way to do it without turning off avast. Well, you do, but you're in safe mode. Again give it a shot. There's no real point in waiting for another response since trying this shouldn't take long.
     
    jin07, May 12, 2008
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