August versions: 12.3.2279 + 2280

Pondus · August 16, 2016, 6:15pm

This does not belong in this forum section / topic

How to report > https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14433.msg1289438#msg1289438

mikaelrask · August 16, 2016, 6:35pm

udate throught the gui it went fine here as well

MikeBCda · August 16, 2016, 8:09pm

No problems updating thru the GUI. I was pleased to see that SafePrice is now included in the Components section … guess it somehow got missed in the previous update.

bob3160 · August 16, 2016, 10:22pm

This has NOT been addressed:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=189688.msg1332450#msg1332450

system · August 17, 2016, 12:29am

So… Rescue Disc has not been fixed? ??? How about the settings’ back-up functionality – still faulty, too?

P.S. Does anyone have a source where I can download the full installer of version 11.2.2262 of Avast? It’s the version I am currently still using due to aforementioned issues, but I no longer have the installer. Thanks in advance!

EmoHobo · August 17, 2016, 1:21am

Well it went better than the last update.

system · August 17, 2016, 1:50am

Any ETA on when avast is going to stop proposing to upgrade IE 11 on Windows 10 AU? I think this was supposed to be fixed a week or so ago.

Asyn · August 17, 2016, 4:44am

FYI, the translation bugs in the German GUI are still not fixed…!!

Edit: Explanation & Screenshot here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?msg=1332595

system · August 17, 2016, 6:30am

Did the same on WinXP ProSP3- all is fine…

zoli62 · August 17, 2016, 8:25am

There is no issue with new build as earlier few week ago?

bob3160 · August 17, 2016, 12:16pm

Does this mean that Avast is content in being installed as a second fiddle AV ???
It would have been much nicer to remove or incapacitate the other AV and make Avast primary.

RejZoR · August 17, 2016, 3:30pm

What the hell have you done to avast! ? It now turns any PC into a crawl for several minutes during installation and stayed like that till I’ve logged out/restarted. Even my main rig with 6 core 4.5 GHz, 32GB RAM and Samsung 850 Pro 2TB. Unacceptable. And I’ve seen the exact same behavior on 2 other systems with Win10 Anniversary.

RejZoR · August 17, 2016, 9:20pm

And it’s not respecting the language selection either during install. I’ve picked English as I prefer it over my native language and the avast! still got installed with Slovenian language. Not cool.

SpeedyPC · August 18, 2016, 3:00am

I’m not going to installed the v12.3.2279 for a little until 95% of the issue as been resolved and it looks like another QA control has fail again.

Patrick2 · August 18, 2016, 3:09am

Updated Via GUI yesterday, well after first reboot, I goto open Specy to check PC temps a moment while Firestorm viewer (Secondlife 3rd party viewer was open) and suddenly machine totally locked up, (not for sure if related to Avast or not) Also Microsoft Edge stopped working, Cortana and Start menu later in the day. I think in morning gonna try a clean install of 12.3.2279, and retest everything, and see if I can recreate the issues, bugging me, so far today nothing is acting up, so stumped if was related to Avast or something else

Did run sfc /scanow, no intergrity violations found

did run dism online cleanup image/restore health

and chkdsk over night last night–no bad sectors

Temps are excellent for this time of year

So i’ll see how Clean install of Avast handles in morning and report back/use support tool then

Rundvleeskroket · August 18, 2016, 4:46am

Fixed:

Randomly opening Avast UI bug

No it isn’t. I just had another popup of the Avast UI. 12 hours after running a Smart Scan. If I don’t run a Smart Scan, I won’t get a popup, but if I do, I will, hours later. This has been the case ever since Nitro. 12.3.2279 hasn’t fixed this. A clean install hasn’t fixed it either.

Navvy · August 18, 2016, 11:28am

An interesting point, but think of it the other way round. If you are running Avast and you try to install another AV on top of it, would you want that other AV to have the power to disable Avast and replace it? If a program can have that power, so can a malware. Seems a lot better for Avast to be able to co-exist and do a scan that may show problems that were missed by the other AV. The user can then decide which AV is worth keeping.

system · August 18, 2016, 1:36pm

Navvy post:37:

bob3160 post:31:

petr_matrix post:8:

Eddy post:6:

What if WSC falsely thinks another av is installed ?

If any othey AV is registere in wsc, reporting ON status and doesn’t scan, it is a bug in other AV and we can do nothig about it.

Does this mean that Avast is content in being installed as a second fiddle AV ???
It would have been much nicer to remove or incapacitate the other AV and make Avast primary.

An interesting point, but think of it the other way round. If you are running Avast and you try to install another AV on top of it, would you want that other AV to have the power to disable Avast and replace it? If a program can have that power, so can a malware. Seems a lot better for Avast to be able to co-exist and do a scan that may show problems that were missed by the other AV. The user can then decide which AV is worth keeping.

Plus, you know how many threads over the years where users O/S are bricked because of conflicting A/Vs ?
This change will make sure Avast doesn’t cause a problem with an install.
However, I think DURING install Avast should pop-up a warning that it sees another A/V…a lot of times users don’t know (eg. A/V expired) or an uninstall of other A/V is not clean.
Avast should state during that pop-up the limitation Avast will be installed under if they proceed and suggestion to exit install to go clean (fully remove) other A/V.
Since Avast is doing check…this should be done first in the process…and also give user which other A/V it sees.

bob3160 · August 18, 2016, 1:54pm

thekochs post:38:

Navvy post:37:

bob3160 post:31:

petr_matrix post:8:

Eddy post:6:

What if WSC falsely thinks another av is installed ?

If any othey AV is registere in wsc, reporting ON status and doesn’t scan, it is a bug in other AV and we can do nothig about it.

Does this mean that Avast is content in being installed as a second fiddle AV ???
It would have been much nicer to remove or incapacitate the other AV and make Avast primary.

An interesting point, but think of it the other way round. If you are running Avast and you try to install another AV on top of it, would you want that other AV to have the power to disable Avast and replace it? If a program can have that power, so can a malware. Seems a lot better for Avast to be able to co-exist and do a scan that may show problems that were missed by the other AV. The user can then decide which AV is worth keeping.

Plus, you know how many threads over the years where users O/S are bricked because of conflicting A/Vs ?
This change will make sure Avast doesn’t cause a problem with an install.
However, I think DURING install Avast should pop-up a warning that it sees another A/V…a lot of times users don’t know (eg. A/V expired) or an uninstall of other A/V is not clean.
Avast should state during that pop-up the limitation Avast will be installed under if they proceed and suggestion to exit install to go clean (fully remove) other A/V.
Since Avast is doing check…this should be done first in the process…and also give user which other A/V it sees.

This may help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtkxeASxYVU

ky331 · August 18, 2016, 2:38pm

I’ve updated to the newest avast 12.3 on three XP systems, and do not see the Passive Mode option/toggle under Settings/Troubleshooting. I’m wondering — is this because:

I don’t have a second resident anti-virus on these systems, so avast “realizes” there is no need to offer me passive mode? or
Passive Mode isn’t available under XP??

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