Whenever you uninstall a program, it's not hard to find parts of it still floating around somewhere along on your system. This happens due to fragmentation of said program, which can use several folders. As an example, some programs will use both folders in Program Files and in AppData\Roaming.

There are a few programs that will take care of these pieces of programs left after an uninstallation. One of these programs, for example, is IObit Uninstaller.

And, among the programs which will left its pieces even after you uninstall them, there is Avast Antivirus. The good news is that it may change soon. Announced during the 19/06 release, they now will do "a better job" removing their left files.

"A cleaner goodbye - If you ever uninstall us (gasp!), we now do a better job of removing all our files", the release text reads.

Other highlights for this release

• A smarter Smart Scan - Avast as redesigned their Smart Scan to be better than ever, and you can now even schedule it
• Improved performance - Avast has reduced the amount of disk and CPU usage the antivirus needs

Getting the news

You can take advantage of this new version by:

1. Updating from your existing Avast version via Settings -> Update -> Update program
2. Or you can download and install from these links:
   

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   Offline Installers

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