Windows XP Home SP1
Avast 4 Home: build 4.1.396, VPS File 0418-5
Before I installed and updated Avast, Autorun was working perfectly. I inserted a CD ROM and up popped the Autorun option.
But since Avast was updated to the latest version, this doesn’t happen. In fact, Windows won’t recognise that there is anything in my DV and DVD drives until I go to Explorer and click on the drive letters.
I’ve checked the registry and all other relevent areas, and Autorun is set to be active.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Eric
PS I recently ran Avast on PC and it detected 85 viruses that McAfee had missed!
A friend of mine just purchased and then installed the newest version of
Roxio it’s version 7.0 and as soon as he finished installing the program he noticed 2 very strange things.
1 System restore no longer worked and,
2 The CD DVD notification stopped working.
To call Roxio for support cost $35.00. The fact that the program is brand new doesn’t mean a thing…
Now i call that a rip off.
He uninstalled the program and removed all telltale signs from the registry and after a re-boot, everything was back to normal.
The program was promptly returned to the store.
No, I do not use Roxio software, so that isn’t the problem. Nor do I use InCD, so we can rule that out, too.
I’ve uninstalled Avast and now Autorun is working perfectly again.
It is safe to say that Avast is almost certainly the issue.
I’ve installed PC-Cillin 2002 - purely because it came with the motherboard; I’d rather use Avast, though, as it has proven to be the best AV product I’ve ever used - and Autorun continues to work without problem.
The installation of Windows that I’m using is new - re-installed it yesterday because I thought the previous installation was corrupt. Anyway, everything was working until Avast updated itself to the latest version this morning.
Although I can live without Autorun, I do find it extremely useful as I do a lot of CD/DVD/Digital Camera/USB disc swapping. A few seonds here and there soon adds up!
As for McAfee… the person I recommended Avast to had been paying for updates that failed to detect that he had a virus… well, 85 viruses! Needless to say, I was absolutely amazed that Avast did such a thorough job of disinfecting the PC. Many many thanks to the developers!
Since posting this, I have done some serious investigation, completely reinstalling Win XP from scratch again, and taking a backup (using Drive Image) after each step.
I am delighted to tell you that Avast isn’t the cause of the problem. It turned out to be… Sygate Personal Firewall. >:(
The weird thing is that it works perfected with WinXP Home (OEM), and Win XP Pro (OEM). But the machine I’ve been tinkering with recently is a work machine and has WinXP Pro CORPORATE installed on it. SPF just will not work together with it and Avast. So I am guessing that there is some kind of weird interaction between this edition of Windows and SPF.
I am so releived that it’s not Avast.
Anyway, I gues that when uninstalling Avast earlier, the firewall must have been disabled. So I apologise for suggesting that Avast was the cause ;D. I take it back and eat my shoes!
You mentioned that you had Avast Home installed on a computer using WinXP Corporate.
It may be (and I am only theorizing) that the Corporate version expects to be run on a network or LAN system.
The Avast Home version will not work in that environment.
For a “corporate” environment, then Avast Server Edition is the proper software.
I can’t tell you exactly why the conflict exists, but if you ran Avast Server Edition on it, I believe the Autorun would be ok.
It is peculiar that Sygate would cause such a problem since Autorun does not attempt to access the internet.
However I have had other “blocking” trouble with Sygate from time to time with “permissions” given, but ignored.
Techie, I think you’re not exactly correct on this one. avast! Home should run flawlessly under WinXP Corporate (and so should avast! Professional). No need to use the (expensive) avast! Server Edition, really…
