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How To Uninstall AVG/Avast Browser Extension on Safari/Chrome/Firefox
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Tasnia Salinas, on January 29, 2020, in
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Summary: In this article, we help you to learn How To Uninstall AVG/Avast Browser Extension on Safari/Chrome/Firefox with the best Mac App Uninstaller software - Omni Remover. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version here before continuing.
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We started this morning with a depressed report from ZDNet, saying your seemingly 'safe' browser produced by AVG / Avast (Avast Online Security, AVG Online Security, Avast SafePrice, and AVG SafePrice) are collecting your web surfing data. Mozilla has immediately removed these four AVG/Avast browser extensions from Firefox online gallery following reports from AdBlock Plus' creator.
Spying on your users is clearly a violation of the terms that both Google and Mozilla make extension developers sign. So yesterday I reported these four extensions to Mozilla and Google. Mozilla immediately disabled the extension listings, so that these extensions can no longer be found on the Mozilla Add-ons site. Mozilla didn’t blacklist the extensions however, stating that they are still talking to Avast. So for existing users these extensions will still be active and continue spying on the users.
So how does these AVG / Avast extensions misused your browser data? Here's a short explanation on this matter. When you enabled Avast Online Security extension in Firefox, it will request information about your visited websites from an Avast server. In the process, it will collect data that allows containing your entire web browsing history and much of your browsing behavior. The amount of data being sent goes beyond what's necessary for the extension to function, especially if you compare to competing solutions such as Google Safe Browsing in Chrome.
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Table of Content:
- Part 1: Uninstall AVG/Avast Extension With The Best Mac App Uninstaller
- Part 2: The Manual Way To Uninstall AVG/Avast Extension on Mac
- Part 3: More Helpful AVG/Avast Extension for Mac Uninstall Tips
Part 1: Uninstall AVG/Avast Extension With The Best Mac App Uninstaller
Before the developer of AVG/Avast and browser company, say Google for Chrome, Mozilla for Firefox and Apple for Safari bring a solid fix, we suggest you to completely unisntall these four AVG/Avast Browser Extension. Omni Remover is made to search all AVG/Avast extension leftovers, show details at large and allow you to completely uninstall AVG/Avast products on your Mac with 1-Click.
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Step 1:
Free Download Omni Remover on your Mac (Works for all recent macOS like macOS Big Sur, Mojave, High Sierra, etc.) > Open Omni Remover.
How To Uninstall AVG/Avast Browser Extension on Mac Step 1 -
Step 2:
In App Uninstall > Select AVG/Avast Browser Extension app > Click Scan to browse AVG/Avast Browser Extension cache junks, custmized add-on files, etc.
How To Uninstall AVG/Avast Browser Extension on Mac Step 2 -
Step 3:
Omni Remover will scan all AVG/Avast Browser Extension related cache junk on macOS system > After a short while, click Clean to start removing AVG/Avast Browser Extension from your Mac.
How To Uninstall AVG/Avast Browser Extension on Mac Step 3
Part 2: The Manual Way To Uninstall AVG/Avast Browser Extension on Mac
Apart from using expert Mac App Uninstaller software, you can also choose to remove AVG/Avast Browser Extension on macOS manually. The detailed steps depends on which browser you're using. In addition, this manual method requires to clean up orphaned AVG/Avast Browser Extension remnants.
- Step 1: Take Safari as an example (similar with Chrome and Firefox) > Launch Preferences in menu > Extensions > AVG/Avast Browser Extension > Uninstall:
- Step 2: Then you'll get a message: The AVG/Avast Browser Extension is part of the 'AVG/Avast' application, to uninstall AVG/Avast Browser Extension, you must remove the source application > Click Show in Finder to continue.
- Step 3: Then this Uninstaller wizard will show you the application folder > Drag AVG/Avast application to Trash:
- Step 5: Open Finder > Go > Go to folder > Enter Enter ~/Library/Application/Support/AVG/ > Search all AVG/Avast Browser Extension related cookies, temporary settings and pre-fetch configs in these subfolders: Application Support | Caches | Containers | Frameworks | Logs | Preferences | Saved | Application State | WebKit
- Step 6: Clean the files associated with AVG/Avast Browser Extension to Trash > Empty Trash and restart your Mac to finish the uninstallation of AVG/Avast Browser Extension on your Mac.
The Bottom Line
To safely and completely uninstall AVG/Avast Browser Extension on your Mac would not be that simple. At last, we recommend you to download Omni Remover to start completely uninstalling AVG/Avast Browser Extension from your Mac. Free Download >
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