Avast Essential: Install very slow, then fails

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi All,

I am trying to install Avast Essential on a fresh Win 7 installation. When I run the installer, it runs (downloading/installing various Avast files) for ~3 hours, then it fails. Unfortunately I closed the failure window, but I did copy the log file, and have attached it (install_error.txt). Can someone help me troubleshoot this?

Of Note:

This is a fresh Win 7 install, but the computer itself is quite old (processor: AMD Athlon II X2 270, RAM: 2GB DDR-400).

Thanks in advance.

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“avast essential” ? What’s that suppose to mean or be?

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Sorry, avast! Free Antivirus. It’s labelled as ‘Essential’ on the download page, so I mistook that for the name.

ANYWAY, while I’m here I guess I should state that the problem is resolved for now. I tried to install for a 5th time, and after about 1.5 hours of downloading/installing, it completed successfully. Not sure what’s happening–I have a feeling I currently have a slow internet connection.

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Here is how you should have done it:

  • Install Windows
  • Install all drivers for that system
  • Visit the windows update website and install ALL updates
  • Remove / Disable Windows defender
  • Install avast
  • If everything is working, create a image of the drive

Between the steps you need to reboot one or sometimes more times.

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You weren’t able to download virus definitions due to broken Internet connection. Consider downloading full avast! installer.

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Good to know, thanks. can I mark this thread as resolved somehow?

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Sure.

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No, I’m asking if there’s a formal flag I can set for this topic that marks it as resolved? I don’t see one.

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There is no such thing. Just put [SOLVED] behind the topic.

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Got it, thanks.