Uninstall avast but still have blocked websites
Hello, I'm new to the forum and I hope someone can help me out.
So I had installed Avast free antivirus (2015) on my macbook (2014, with OS X Yosemite), and it's messed up my computer. It made it so that a number of my websites that I commonly browse were blocked, so I removed the application with the help of AppCleaner and manually removed a load of documents and packages connected to avast from my computer. In retrospect I probably should have made use of the uninstaller, but I only discovered there was an uninstaller after I deleted the app. Now even more sites in my browser are blocked and can't be accessed in any way. I've been looking in my system to figure out if there were still avast documents, but I can't find any, and I'm at a loss. Thankfully I have an ipad, so I can compensate with it, but it's a nuisance.
I 've tried a lot of things to get my browsers to work properly again: reinstalling the app so I can properly uninstall it (doesn't allow me to install because it cannot make a connection with the server), searching through my folders (library/launchdaemon, library/applications etc) for remaining avast folders to delete, turning my firewall on and off, and turning my computer on and off.
FOr reference, this problem applies to all my browsers: chrome, firefox, and safari. I also can't access the appstore anymore. Also for context as to why I even installed avast in the first place: some adware had managed to infect my computer (perfetnight) and made it play ads very loudly on my speakers. I've gotten rid of the initial malware (I hope), but now Avast is haunting my computer with a vengeance! does anybody know how to fix this?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)