Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Avast! 6.0 has been released.

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

argghhh its added an extra layer of nag.. The sandbox although a good idea do not nag me .It also appears to have slowed down opening of programs even when you tick remember. Will look into disabling the sandbox feature seeing as I have sandboxie for that anyway

Its easy to disable

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Since the last 2 updates of v5 and the v6 BETAS (free versions) I've had quite a few problems with avast! In v5 it was the Web Shield blocking internet access (same happened on a mates PC) and in v6 BETA the Behaviour Shield wouldn't let trustedinstaller.exe run for windows updates, had to manually add it to the Trusted Processes list!!!

I'm currently running v6 BETA b6.0.986 so will try the official release and see what it breaks/fixes!!

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

I've not had any problems with v5, not really tried v6 yet but how do i remove the little box in the top hand corner of the screen that appeared earlier?

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

What little box? Screenie please :)

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

You can see it on the second picture in this link, it is part of the windows sidebar, i did turn it off in the sidebar but it has come back, maybe it is a sandbox or something?

http://www.freeantivirushelp.com/blo...ast+6+download

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Just figured out how to get rid of it, you go to add remove programs, click change Avast and then untick the avast gadget box.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

I'm with you now, I turned it off ages ago so it didn't register what you meant. They also had a message in the v6 Betas that came up after the 'Starting Windows' text on Win7 that said 'Protected by avast! Antivirus', not seen it on the release version though!

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Was there an easier way of turning it off as i couldn't find in the Avast options?

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

It's a hard coded message located in the C:\Windows\System32\aswSP.sys file so you can't 'turn it off'!

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

I do not run sidebar so never seen this

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

I just use the weather app on my desktop.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Last night Avast stopped me browsing again?

I updated to the release version 6.0.1000 when it was out and it's been running fine, even when I updated to SP1 x64 for Win7, but now the Web Shield has started blocking http again???

Downloaded the 6.0.1044 Beta and installed that and now I get a 30-60 second long pause before it initially connects to a website , once it's connected it seems fine but every time I load up IE9 for the first time it's this 'long pause before connect' issue?

Think it's time to look for another free AV, and not that bloated AVG either!!

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

No problems at all here.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Well I hadn't until last night, then the Avast Malware activated and blocked all http traffic :Yikes:

I know people who use Avast and have the same issue, I also know people who own Xbox 360's and never had the RROD and even people who believe they've seen Elvis and been abducted by aliens!! Just because it hasn't happend to you doesn't mean it can't :disturbd:

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

all i have a problem with is when downloading a file and firefox uses Avast to Virus scan it takes ages.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Snoopz thanks for that little hint as I run sidebar as well with weather and currency app on it and was driving me crazy.

Havent had many issues with Avast myself other then the always having to keep it in Silent/Gaming mode as it just bloody annoys the hell outta me when Avast says "Avast has been Updated"

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Decided to ditch Avast and use Comodo, I already use their Firewall so re-installed with their AV this time. So far no blocked http traffic!

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Mine doesn't do that. Then again, I configured mine by going into settings>updates (details) and turning notifications off when updating.
I also went into settings>sounds and turned voice sounds off.

Try it and see if that solves the problem for you.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

I upgraded to this from v. 4.7? a couple of weeks ago and the only issue I've been having is that IE8 seems to have problems from time to time and be forced to close. Fingers crossed I don't have any more serious issues.... :)

It's odd because quite some time ago I tried to update to a newer version v. 5 possibly and the process eventually aborted as, IIRC, it appeared my very low spec system (512mb ram, Intel Celeron 3ghz, XP SP3) didn't meet its requirements. For that reason I never bothered trying again thinking it'd be a waste of time. In fact, the recent upgrade only happened when I received notification that my current version was out of date and although I was just trying to obtain a new licence as I've done many times before, I somehow wound up unintentionally upgrading to v. 6. I'm still not sure whether I selected a wrong option somewhere at the time or whether the upgrade was automatic, perhaps because my current version was so out of date and no longer supported, but I'd be interested if anyone could shed any light on this. :confused:

Anyway, what I have noticed is the website rating indicator which pops up when Google searching for example. Is this of any real value in identifying 'dodgy' sites or is it just another of those gimmicks designed to make a visual impression?

TVM as always.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

yep 4.7 is no longer supported so when you tried to renew the licence you will have had to update .... you would have had to click a radio button for this to happen ... but you probably just clicked it thinking that you were confirming your licence renewal .... when an upgrade is selected avast will always update to the latest version (even if the site displays an older version ..... newer versions are uploaded before the site gets altered to reflect this newer version)

latest version of avast free (program) is 6.0.1000
latest virus engine and definition file is 110405-1 (although this is updated (to a newer version) 1 or more times per day)

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Thanks for that - at least I now know I'm not going mad..... :)

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Errrmmm i think an update today has gone really wrong.

It seems to be blocking any sites with any sort of Social networking. Everytime i go onto Facebook, Ladslads, Gaydar or Twitter avast blocks them. It even blocks the facebook like applet on the homepage that incredimail sets. When u try and get on then it says that Avast is blocking them because its a trojan horse threat.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Yeah I got the same...

Hopefully they will unbreak shortly.

And when you try to update the program returns a 403 error...

*Watching this space*

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Appears to be fixed....

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Yup - I've got that too....

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

strange how u all visit gaydar :-x lol

I sorted it...
What i did was a system restore and then it updated again and now it seems ok, i can get on the sites although access to them seems very sluggish... ALSO!! it was blocking other antivirus sites, wouldnt allow access to symantec or AVast or their forums.

I thought i had a virus and was going mad because im always so careful about what i visit because i do online banking etc. I run Spybot, Malwarebytes and Combofix and found nothing so i think im clean.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Just rx'd the latest updates, and all seems to be OK again - must have been a previous duff update causing false positives.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

i wonder how many people have been freaked out by this and caused a panic

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

I was on the verge of going back to AVG :erm:

'Panic mode had been engaged' - lol

Like you say the one update last night seemed to cause the problems and was fixed a couple of hours after.

Re: Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
 

Quite a lot.... :shocked:

https://blog.avast.com/2011/04/11/fa...ge-1/#comments