god i hope we can still disable auto sandbox in the future , if we cant, then i will use another free A.V , why are you taking choices away and forcing settings on us, and oh please make sure we can opt out of installing google chrome, if i cant set things how i want, i will move else where .
I have the same question as Geoffo. How does setting up an account help me manage my installations, stats, and license validity? (I’m using avast 7 free version).
I’m wondering too to be honest ;D can’t see what it adds to the already available info in the UI … unless you got another system running a few miles away, and you want to make sure that it’s okay down there ??? 
… sounds more to be like another way to collect data but okay :-X anyone? I mean what’s the plus for the user ???
Talk about overkill, if it can’t be set to Ask, then just disable the autosandbox, retaining the other avast protection.
However, that suggestion was slated for the next avast update and I don’t believe that they are talking minor program update. Any final decision taken on the removal of Ask as an option even if being considered would totally depend on the accuracy of the autosandbox.
So this I believe is some way off, so this is a bridge to cross if and when it happens, then just disable it if you don’t want it enabled and set on auto.
Nice. Thanks.
Avast 7 final keeps deleting my newsleecher.exe file (v5 beta 12) saying it’s infected when it’s not.
I have had to add it to the exclusions list.
Avast 6 final never did this at all ?
Seems like you answered your own question logos 
My avast! ‘account’ allows me to keep an eye on any machine with avast! installed that I assign to it, less intrusively than remote control/login, more effectively than hearing nothing from the user until it’s too late.
When you say "played absolute hell’, do you mean that selecting “Run normally” or excluding them from autosandbox didn’t work? AFAIK no-one’s talking about removing these options.
Even if this is not the place to report this kind of behavior, I also have a member in the Spanish section with the same problem. Supposedly he already reported this thru Avast! contact.
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=94592.msg753845#msg753845
@ Colin.
You can report it in Viruses and worms forum or here:
Ok thanks, just done that.
Cheers.
Download The FixUpdate from avast!. avast! 6x or 7x installer was corrupted.
that’s completely irrelevant here, please stop posting this
im tryin to help, fyi
It’s not helping when the fix you mentioned has no relevence to the problem.
Actually this thread references a number of problems, not just any specific one, so I don’t think his post is completely irrelevant.
Well as his reply was intended for this poster http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=93866.msg754424#msg754424 it is completely irrelevent since the fix has nothing to do with that issue.
he didn’t quote any post etc… + he did the same a bit earlier in another thread http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=94344.msg754799#msg754799
you won’t help if you’re not relevant.
yes but my point is that there is more than one problem being discussed in the thread and somebody new might find value in what he posted if they didn’t know about the fix. That’s why I said not completely irrelevant. It could be relevant to the overall thread topic if not to any particular post. He does seem to be spamming the same thing around in other topics though. I’ll concede that point.
Unfortunately I confirm small random hang on my three machines with XP, Win7 32 and 64 bit.
Testing with cloud reputation service off… 