In January of 2020, multiple news sources reported that Avast Antivirus, through a subsidiary, was selling the browsing history of Avast Free product users.
Avast's Mobile Security & Antivirus app detected 100% of malware samples in January 2018 test of Android malware by AV-Comparatives. In a February 2018, test of various antimalware products by AV-TEST, Avast Free Antivirus has earned 6 out of 6 points in "Protection" category, detecting 100% of malware samples used in this test and earning an "AV-TEST Certified" seal. Īs of 2017, Avast is the most popular antivirus vendor on the market, and it had the largest share of the market for antivirus applications. It is a cross-platform solution that includes antivirus protection, web threat scanning, browser protection, and a cloud management console. Īvast launched a freeware business product, Avast for Business, in February 2015. The Avast Antivirus products include freeware and paid versions that provide computer security, browser security, antivirus software, firewall, anti-phishing, antispyware, and anti-spam among other services. Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOSĪvast Antivirus is a family of cross-platform internet security applications developed by Avast for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. Like Avast, you can also deactivate or remove AVG Overseer scheduled task by visiting Task Scheduler > Task Scheduler Library > AVG.Īfter that, you can safely delete Overseer file by navigating to the path mentioned above./ 31 May 2022 18 days ago ( ) (Windows version) UPDATE: Similar to Avast, when you uninstall AVG, AVG Overseer will be left behind at C:\Program Files\Common Files\AVG\Overseer and runs as a scheduled task.
Now visit C:\Program Files\Common Files\AVAST Software and delete the Overseer folder.
Note: Disabling or deleting Overseer doesn’t affect Avast functionality, but you should know it comes back when you update Avast next time.īut coming to the current situation, you’ve uninstalled Avast and still seeing Avast Overseer running, here you can completely disable and remove it as it is no longer required for functioning of Windows Defender or other antivirus, here is how that can be done. You can find this application in this location:Ĭ:\Program Files\Common Files\AVAST Software\Overseer The application receives update definition file from Avast servers. READ: Why Avast added Emergency Update to Startup?ĬCleaner 5.36 adds Emergency Updater and changes Cleaning rulesĪvast Overseer is a scheduled task that runs from task scheduler on startup daily and according to Avast it has it has its own release schedule and it updates itself automatically.
The application has a small footprint, if Avast is working fine, it quits within seconds. it checks to see Avast antivirus service is running, if it is not, initiates the repair, Overseer even fixes the broken Avast installations. You’ll find this similar to Avast Emergency Update and it runs once in a day to know Avast product is working properly or not and fixes the issues if it finds any.įor e.g.
This happened to us also with the most recent Avast version that has UI failed to load issue on Windows 10, of course, Avast Software has fixed that, but this is something they need to look at: an Avast module or component keeps running and connects to the internet even after the uninstall of their antivirus solution.Īvast Overseer is a support application developed by Avast team to fix technical issues with their products. After uninstalling avast and restarting computer, have you surprised to notice a new and unknown process, Avast Overseer is still running in the task manager, you’re not alone.