What is Avira Logs?

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by Avira

Overview

Avira Logs is published by Avira. You can find out more about Avira Logs at its official website or at Avira's website.

Users on average believe that Avira Logs's quality is very poor. Most users give it a rating of one star.


How do I clean Avira Logs?

Avira Logs may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Avira Logs
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Avira Logs manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are six locations in the file system where Avira Logs stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Avira Logs and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

  • Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
  • Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
  • Type cmd
  • Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Avira Logs that can be cleaned:

  1. Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Avira/*.log
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Avira/*.log
  2. Type dir /s %ProgramFiles%/Avira/*.log
    • On 64-Bit also: Type dir /s %ProgramFiles(x86)%/Avira/*.log
  3. Type dir /s %ProgramFiles%/Avira GmbH/*.log
    • On 64-Bit also: Type dir /s %ProgramFiles(x86)%/Avira GmbH/*.log
  4. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/Program Files*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/Program Files*
  5. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\Avira/*.log where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
  6. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/Program Files*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/Program Files*
  7. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\Avira GmbH/*.log where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
  8. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Avira/*.log
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Avira/*.log

Once you have identified the files stored by Avira Logs that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.