Avast Hero

How to uninstall Avast Hero from your system

Avast Hero is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by AVAST Software. Further information on AVAST Software can be seen here. You can see more info related to Avast Hero at www.herobrowser.com. The program is frequently found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application folder. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's preference. You can uninstall Avast Hero by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\AvastHeroUninstall.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. HeroBrowser.exe is the Avast Hero's main executable file and it takes approximately 914.52 KB (936464 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in Avast Hero. They take 9.85 MB (10327848 bytes) on disk.

• AvastBrowser.exe (97.84 KB)
• HeroBrowser.exe (914.52 KB)
• nacl64.exe (6.21 MB)
• setup.exe (1.32 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 58.0.105.84 of Avast Hero. You can find below info on other application versions of Avast Hero:

• 58.0.99.84
• 58.0.102.84

Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove Avast Hero.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Avast Hero from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application

The files below were left behind on your disk by Avast Hero's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\58.0.105.84.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\chrome_child.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\chrome_watcher.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\default_apps\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\default_widevinecdm\1.4.8.903\_metadata\verified_contents.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\default_widevinecdm\1.4.8.903\_platform_specific\win_x86\widevinecdm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\default_widevinecdm\1.4.8.903\imgs\icon-128x128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\default_widevinecdm\1.4.8.903\manifest.fingerprint
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\default_widevinecdm\1.4.8.903\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Installer\AVAST.7z
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\libegl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\libglesv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\nacl_irt_x86_32.nexe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\nacl_irt_x86_64.nexe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\nacl64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\VisualElements\logo.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\VisualElements\smalllogo.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x86\widevinecdm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x86\widevinecdmadapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\58.0.105.84\WidevineCdm\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\AvastBrowser.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\chrome.VisualElementsManifest.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\HeroBrowser.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\master_preferences
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\SetupMetrics\20171220210331.pma
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AVAST Software\Browser\User Data\Default\Avast Hero Profile.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\Avast_Hero
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Avast Hero.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\Avast Hero.lnk

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Avast Hero
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Avast Hero

Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avast\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\avastm\ImagePath

A way to uninstall Avast Hero from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avast Hero is an application released by the software company AVAST Software. Sometimes, computer users decide to uninstall this application. This can be efortful because doing this by hand requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE manner to uninstall Avast Hero is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Avast Hero or simply activate the Search field and type in "Avast Hero". If it exists on your system the Avast Hero application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Avast Hero in the list of applications, the following information about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Avast Hero, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Avast Hero:

• The publisher is: www.herobrowser.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\AVAST Software\Browser\AvastHeroUninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Avast Hero.


8. After removing Avast Hero, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Avast Hero that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Avast Hero using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Avast Hero by AVAST Software from your computer, we are not saying that Avast Hero by AVAST Software is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Avast Hero supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.