I recently encountered an annoying problem with Avast! whenever a new program update rolls out. To begin with I’m on a Windows 7 computer and my problem started several weeks ago, right after the program updated to a higher version. Then just now, the program updated once again and is now on 10.3.2225 (I’m guessing the update I got a few weeks back was 10.3.2224?).
Anyhoo, it has been my habit to perform a full system scan whenever the program receives a core update like this, but never have I had this trouble with it before.
What seems to be happening is, as the full system scan is in progress Avast! seems to shrink the allocated space for System Restore points to a measly 3% effectively DELETING every system restore point I had on my system. This only seems to occur with the initial scan I perform after each update.
Searching for an answer to this issue I’m having, I have stumbled upon the matter concerning “System Restore” not playing nice with Avast!'s "Self Defense Mode and how several people on this here forums suggested to turn of SDM whenever one wants to create and/or use a system restore point. In response to this new found information, I have since disabled SDM since I’m one of those “old school” types who still use system restore when everyone else insists that full system backup images are teh way of teh future. But even with SDM off, Avast! still reset the allocated space to 3% just a few minutes ago so yeah I’m kinda at a loss here.