Anyone has a suggestion about how to force avast to search for new definitions in windows 8 automatically, everytime I turn on my computer (without making windows 8 restart after you power on it)?
After I installed windows 8, avast stopped to search for new virus definitions when I turn on the computer, due to the fact that windows 8 is doing some kind of hibernation when you turn off it, to speed up the boot time and turn off time.
As during the week I usually uses my laptop like 2 hours in a day, sometimes my virus definitions can be up to 2 days old… (however the streaming updates seems to be work ok).
Thanks for the reply! That is exactly the problem, during the week I just use the computer for 1 or 2 hours … So, sometimes I can have my virus definition up two days old…
Yeah, I will be doing it… I hope that in the future versions of avast, they find a way to check updates when you log in windows 8, just like the other versions of windows.
There isn’t any difference in the auto virus definition updates between the different versions of Windows.
It makes no difference if you’re using Windows 8 or XP.
I understand that theres no difference in auto update of avast between the windows versions. What I was trying to explain, is that windows 8 dont do a real shutdown. Because of this, when you turn on the windows 8 computer, avast doesnt consider it a boot, so it will only search for an update after the 4 hours between each update check. And this 4 hours are only considered while the computer is on.
Example: If you update it right now and turn off the computer, and use it for only one hour each day… You will get your virus definition automatically update only in the forth (4th) day (wich will complete the 4 hours).
If it is turn it off and see if avast! 7 will search for defnition updates on boot. If it does than there is either an issue between avast! 7 auto-updates and “Hybrid Boot” or maybe more configuration changes in Windows 8 Power Settings are necessary to make avast! 7 auto update on boot work with W8 Hybrid Boot
Avast is watching the System Uptime. This is not working well on win8 beacuse the system uptime counter is not reset on shutdown if hybrid boot enabled. I think that watching the System Time is better idea on win8.
YES to the above comment. Avast needs to adjust it’s program to run on Windows 8.
I use Avast on Windows 8 laptop and I must manually update.
There is a problem here that needs to be fixed by Avast !!
Could it be that you need to adjust your settings ???
I’m using Windows 8 on a Dell Inspiron laptop and avast! updates automatically usually more than once per day.
Windows 8 isn’t bad you just have to learn to do some things a little differently.