Any comments on the new avast update [4.7.1029]?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Just fine Vlk. No problems so far.

WinXP (SP-2); Intel Duo-Core Proc 2.8 GHz;

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Vlk, i think i found another bug... Start Simple interface and click "Folders" checkbox. Marked two options are not browsable even though they are there.

This is actually as expected. There have been some changes in the implementation of this “Browse for folder” dialog box. It used to be painfully slow (sometimes), now it’s much faster.

Thanks. However, a simple scroll bar would be nice in windows like this.

Even though not directly related to the new version, I agree on that one. Have no idea why the scrollbar is not there - but it should. We’ll have this fixed for the next update (yeah, if nothing goes wrong with 4.7.1029, this means a couple of months wait :slight_smile:

Cheers
Vlk

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I haven’t given it a full workout yet, since I just did my weekly housekeeping scans with avast etc. yesterday. But the resident providers seem to be working just fine, as (almost) always. Can’t even see any changes yet from that perspective, but obviously I haven’t even had interface open yet.

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That doesn’t really explain me anything Vlk. It was slow. Ok… but why are those two non functional? avast! not capable of browsing folders? They are regular browsers just like any other.

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No problem in this version.
Functions 100%. :slight_smile:
Thanks.

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Working fine on my Windows Vista Home Premium system.

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Why do I get this Update Failure fairly frequently on two machines? (Avast Home)

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Hi Jem,

please start a new thread about this (or any other problem(s) you might have).
This thread wasn’t meant to solve specific issues (there’s too many readers/writers here and it would soon get bloated).

Thanks
Vlk

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Sorry - done.

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just like before.
4.7.1029 editon,I think should let the time say something. :wink:
I ll test RejZoRs problem…

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Sorry, I don’t understand that at all.

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sorry about it .
mistakes ,already correct it…

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So far, So good

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I’ll second that, except change “Down Under” to “Up North” :smiley:

Continued success guys… love the product and starting to get to know the people at the forum and so far I’m pretty much impressed!

Rej

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Hi RejZoR,
Is your problem there?
I test it on my computer and found nothing like that
after tick floder and I can see each icon have its box ahead of it.
I m sorry I cant solve your problem… :cry:

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so far i’m very happy with this release (and new detection rates/updates)
tho i got one lockup while huge 2+GB executable file was scanned but hard to say what was cause ( C2D wXP system went to halt state)

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Greetings, all!

I am having a major problem with 4.7.1029 Home Edition. Running on Vista Home Premium 32 bit, when I try to run the main on-demand scanner ashAvast.exe, the splash screen shows and the scan of memory-resident programs completes normally, but when that finishes and the main scanning interface is supposed to appear, it fails to open and the entire avast loading process shuts down. Vista does not freeze or anything like that; I just can’t get to the main avast! scanner interface, and therefore can’t do a scan. For this reason, I have returned to 4.7.1001, which works flawlessly.

For what it’s worth, my specs include Intel Core 2 Duo 6400, 2 GB RAM, Asus 8600GT PCIx graphics (with Nvidia Forceware 162.22 WHQL), onboard Realtek ALC883 audio with Realtek driver 1.72 (WHQL), Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet with driver 1.0.5600.11159 (WHQL), most recent Intel Chipset drivers (installed using the drivers’ setup program), and all Vista critical patches (but none which are only “recommended”) offered by Windows Update as of this moment.

Any ideas on what may be wrong here would be much appreciated.

EDITED: This problem occurs whether I install .1029 on top of .1001 via avast update or I completely uninstall .1001 and install .1029 from scratch.

Regards,
Crashman

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I think it would be smart to start looking at Event Viewer. You can solve many mysteries regarding program problems if you look there.
Usually you can find out what caused the crash and why. Mini dumps can be useful to ALWIL guys of course.

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RejZoR,

Thanks for the reply.

I just finished reformatting and reinstalling Vista (maybe overkill, but it doesn’t really take that long). .1029 now seems to be working just fine. I guess every once in a while it’s worth going to a clean setup to get unwanted gremlins out of the system. Or maybe Vista is still a bit flaky…

In any case, all is well again with my world (well, at least with the computer ;D)…

Regards,
Crashman

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Vlk, not a problem here…