I just installed Avast pro on my new Intel I7 940 @2.9GHZ PC, is there any compatibility issues with dual quad core CPUs?
I’ve run Avast on Vista 64bit and Se7en 64bit but after it’s installer I’ve only had one problem, and as ludicrous as it is, it’s in world of warcraft. World of Warcraft freezes after let’s say somewhere between 5 to 45 minutes, the application is not responding and I can’t kill the process in windows, so it’s just stuck there in the background while I can work in windows for a little duration before the desktop with the mouse pointer freezes totally, and pressing the computercase power off button that is binded to shut down windows, does not work as it should either. So I’m left there with my music player playing music in the background while the PC is frozen until the song has reached it’s end then I’m left in silence.
This only happened after installing Avast Pro, on vista 32bit, 64bit and Se7en(windows 7) 64bit.
And so far it only happens in world of warcraft, and sometimes when the system has a uptime of 24hours+
I get no such problems in more graphic demanding games, then it’s just the uptime rare issue that I think was only on Se7en7en.
Got to say I’m posting this just because I don’t think there’s another better antivirus than this program, but when I get back to my PC I’d need to test it without Avast again and then see if I should rather go for windows live onecare sigh
Well this is a weird situation you are presenting. Let’s see if I can help.
I just installed Avast pro on my new Intel I7 940 @2.9GHZ PC, is there any compatibility issues with dual quad core CPUs?
From personal experience no. I run avast on a machine with Intel Pentium 4 641 (which has HT or a virtual second processor... ie not a true dual core) and Core2Duo T8300 with no issues.
This only happened after installing Avast Pro, on vista 32bit, 64bit and Se7en(windows 7) 64bit.
Now are this OS that you have on three separate computer or do you have them on the same unit.
World of Warcraft freezes after let's say somewhere between 5 to 45 minutes, the application is not responding and I can't kill the process in windows
This is not necessarily because of avast. You can try to Pause the standard shield before playing and see if that has any effect. If it doesn't have any effect then avast shouldn't be the problem.
mazix, is it possible to generate a memory dump when your PC will freeze again? We can analyze the dump and we’ll know where exactly is the problem. Please follow steps 1-6 in this post: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=2850.msg20171#msg20171
Interesting. I also have a brand new and shiney Intel Core i7 940 with 6GB RAM, Vista x64 and avast installed. But I get freezes also and the occasional blue screen. I can reproduce the freeze when I am sending an email with an attachment that is PGP encrypted. When I disable the outbound mail scanner, the freeze disappears and I can send emails.
But I also get random freezes. Example: I switch on the computer in the morning, doing a cold boot. I get back to it a couple of minutes later with my coffee. The computer is showing the welcome screen waiting for my password. But it does not accept any characters from the keyboard. The mouse is still moving - for a short while at least. After a few seconds or after I click on anything, the mouse cursor stops moving.
The interesting thing is, I also have Windows XP 32 Bit installed, also with avast. And I get freezes and blue screens there as well. I was playing Neverwinter Nights 2 the other day when the system locked up, the soundcard going in a loop and the mouse cursor no longer moving.
I suspected my hardware, but a memory test (memtest 86+) does not show anything and the RAM I am using is actually designed for 1333MHz even though I am running my system not-overclocked at only 1033MHz.
That is an interesting post. I didn’t know about the CrashOnCtrlScroll registry entry. If your offer is still valid I can send you a crash report. Also, if it crashes I’ll know that at least the keyboard driver is still responding. Interesting to know.
I’m sure PK would like to check the dump if you can generate it (note that this key works on PS/2 keyboard only, not USB). If you have some minidumps from the crashes already, you can upload them to ftp://ftp.avast.com/incoming
On the other hand, your symptoms indeed look like a hardware issue to me.