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#1 OFFLINE   winchestermili

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Posted 06 February 2010 - 06:37 PM

When I run CCleaner 2.28.1091 it finds 64MB (20 files) of AVG Anti-Virus to be deleted as "Utilities". Is this normal? I have a slow Broadband and wonder if these files need to be found and deleted. Any advice appreciated.

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Posted 06 February 2010 - 06:57 PM

Yes, they've probably accumulated over time and are now considered junk.

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Posted 06 February 2010 - 06:57 PM

It should just be log files and old virus definitions. however if you are worried just uncheck AVG (in the Applications Tab)

this is what AVG deletes in CCleaner (each time you see filekey below it refers that what is deleted

[AVG Anti-Spyware]
ID=2122
LangSecRef=3024
Detect=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Grisoft\AVGAntiSpyware
Default=True
FileKey1=%ProgramFiles%\Grisoft\AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5|logfile.txt

[Grisoft AVG 7.0]
ID=2128
LangSecRef=3024
Detect=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Grisoft\Avg7
Default=True
FileKey1=%commonappdata%\Grisoft\Avg7Data|*.log
FileKey2=%commonappdata%\Grisoft\Avg7Data\upd7bin|*.*
FileKey3=%commonappdata%\Grisoft\Avg7Data\$history|*.*
FileKey4=%commonappdata%\Grisoft\Avg7Data\avg7upd|*.log
FileKey5=%windir%\All Users\Application Data\Grisoft\Avg7Data\upd7bin|*.*
FileKey6=%windir%\All Users\Application Data\Grisoft\Avg7Data\avg7upd|$history
FileKey7=%windir%\All Users\Application Data\Grisoft\Avg7Data\avg7upd|*.log
FileKey8=%windir%\All Users\Application Data\Grisoft\Avg7Data|*.log
FileKey9=%windir%\Application Data\AVG7\Log|*.log

[AVG AntiVirus 8.0]
ID=2141
LangSecRef=3024
Detect=HKLM\SOFTWARE\AVG\Avg8
Default=True
FileKey1=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg8\Log|*.log
FileKey2=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg8\scanlogs|*.log
FileKey3=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg8\Log|*.xml
FileKey4=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg8\update\backup|*.*
FileKey5=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg8\Emc\Log|*.log

[AVG AntiVirus 9.0]
ID=2145
LangSecRef=3024
Detect=HKLM\SOFTWARE\AVG\Avg9
Default=True
FileKey1=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\Log|*.log
FileKey2=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\scanlogs|*.log
FileKey3=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\Log|*.xml
FileKey4=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\update\backup|*.*
FileKey5=%allusersprofile%\Application Data\avg9\Emc\Log|*.log

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Posted 06 February 2010 - 07:39 PM

Well done Nergal - Unchecking the "AVG Utilities" in "Applications" seems to have worked fine. The AVG Utilities files were being deleted every time I ran CCleaner. Many thanks for your help. Great Forum.

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Posted 07 February 2010 - 05:00 AM

I use AVG as well and CCleaner often deletes 50MB worth of AVG stuff or so but this is mainly AVG logs, records of events in AVG such as when did it start, when did it update, or even scan results and deleting them is just fine, unless you want to keep track of AVGs activities or if there are any viruses found on one of the recent scans.
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