Good day.
Avast Free 17.3.2291
For the past week I have been trying to find the culprit to a problem I have (turns out it is Avast) and I have spent countless hours trying to work around this problem, but in the end I cannot fix it - it needs to be fixed in Avast.
My problem is that I build Windows 8.1 UPDATE 1 WinPE disks using the ADK, and when I apply/slipstream the “Update 1” to the WinPE mounted folder, instead of taking 10 minutes it takes an hour and a half and Avast never recovers - ALL I/O access after this is super slow. There is something in that particular MSU update that essentially crashes the File System Shield. I am forced to reboot to fix the problem of slow disk I/O after I dismount the WinPE. Going “Passive Mode” also fixes it and if I do this then the MSU applies in 10 minutes instead of 1+ hours. Steps to reproduce are below.
I consider this a very important bug. So important to me in fact that after I save a disk-image of my Windows 7 x64 this weekend, I will uninstall Avast and go try Kaspersky. I prefer Avast but I cannot use it when this bug is there. I have been thinking of buying the basic Avast for a few weeks now before I discovered this bug, just to get rid of the annoying “Please Buy Me” banner at the bottom of the window. Now I have to go look for an alternative
Steps to reproduce:
NOTE You need ADK 5.0 and the Windows 8.1 “Update 1” files…
CopyPE x86 D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81
DISM /mount-image /imagefile:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\media\sources\boot.wim /index:1 /mountdir:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount
===== Add some Packages (these seem to work OK but I have not tried without applying them first) =====
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-WMI.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-WMI_en-us.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-HTA.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-HTA_en-us.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-NetFx.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-NetFx_en-us.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-Scripting.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-Scripting_en-us.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-PowerShell.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-PowerShell_en-us.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-FMAPI.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-EnhancedStorage.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-EnhancedStorage_en-us.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-StorageWMI.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-StorageWMI_en-us.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-SecureStartup.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-SecureStartup_en-us.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-SecureBootCmdlets.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-WinReCfg.cab"
DISM /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\Apps\7x64\Dev\Sysprep\ADK81\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-WinReCfg_en-us.cab"
===== Update to 8.1 Update 1 =====
Dism /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\DATA\Public\Software\Microsoft\ADK\WinPE 5.1 (Windows 8.1 Update 1)\Update for Windows 8.1 for x86-based Systems KB2919442\Windows8.1-KB2919442-x86.msu"
===== The following package is what takes 1+ hour to apply and crashes AVAST =====
Dism /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\DATA\Public\Software\Microsoft\ADK\WinPE 5.1 (Windows 8.1 Update 1)\Windows 8.1 Update for x86-based Systems KB2919355\Windows8.1-KB2919355-x86.msu"
===== From now on ALL FILE I/O will be super-slow =====
Dism /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\DATA\Public\Software\Microsoft\ADK\WinPE 5.1 (Windows 8.1 Update 1)\Windows 8.1 Update for x86-based Systems KB2919355\Windows8.1-KB2932046-x86.msu"
Dism /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\DATA\Public\Software\Microsoft\ADK\WinPE 5.1 (Windows 8.1 Update 1)\Windows 8.1 Update for x86-based Systems KB2919355\Windows8.1-KB2934018-x86.msu"
Dism /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\DATA\Public\Software\Microsoft\ADK\WinPE 5.1 (Windows 8.1 Update 1)\Windows 8.1 Update for x86-based Systems KB2919355\Windows8.1-KB2937592-x86.msu"
Dism /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\DATA\Public\Software\Microsoft\ADK\WinPE 5.1 (Windows 8.1 Update 1)\Windows 8.1 Update for x86-based Systems KB2919355\Windows8.1-KB2938439-x86.msu"
Dism /Image:D:\Temp\GHOSTPE81\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"G:\DATA\Public\Software\Microsoft\ADK\WinPE 5.1 (Windows 8.1 Update 1)\Windows 8.1 Update for x86-based Systems KB2919355\Windows8.1-KB2959977-x86.msu"
Please look into this.
Thank you.