I think the advent of Microsoft Defender within Windows Security and its clear excellent performance among paid and free AV programs, must have affected dramatically the volume of sales of all third party companies. There are still many aficionados of Kaspersky, Eset, Norton etc., for sure, but not as many as in the past. The business model of AV companies is changing, this is probably the reason a lot of extra services are offered along with security to attract new customers. I wouldn’t be surprised if MS was fined heavily by antitrust authorities in the future… When buying a new Windows machine, you are paying as well for a Windows operating system, its future security updates, and Windows free own security. Not a bad deal IMO.
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It's Avast's quarantine folder. It will be created on a drive if Avast delete a malware from that drive. They also have a Chest folder (equivalent to quarantine) that is in Avast's own folder in Program Data probably, similar to other AV products. If I remember correctly, this $AV_ASW or a similar named folder in Drives used to be done by AVG originally, which was later acquired by Avast.
I finally got rid of the extra folder. Had to remove all avast from system first. Then install avast one free and scan same files. The folder not there with Avast One. The files are old game (cheats/no cd) for old games I keep just testing AV.
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I've had a really weird issue with avast free. Every once in a while, the desktop PC wouldn't successfully wake up from hibernation, as if it crashed (no apps remained in RAM, tray icons' position reset). I've spent two weeks in troubleshooting the issue, since it happens very infrequently. Turns out that uninstalling avast fixed the issue. Don't know if it's fixed in the new 23.7 version, don't think I had that installed when I tested it.
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