I did an update on Avast last night and since then have some problems.
Now I have 4.7.936 and the following problems:
I have a file with a test virus. With the last AVAST version, every time I clicked on the file,
a warning poped up, AVAST played the Warning-Sound-File and showed me a dialog,
whereher I could choose what to do with the file.
Now, with the new version, I get the “Blue-Red on Yellow” pop-up, telling me that AVAST
found a virus and thats it. No dialog-window asking me what I want to do, no sound
telling me that there is a virus!
I uninstalled AVAST, rebooted and reinstalled - that didn’t solve the problem.
Any ideas how I get Avast back to “normal” functionallity?
Isn’t this the popup message right above the system tray area (near the system clock)?
As a workaround, to now see the messages, add the file to the Exclusion lists:
For the Standard Shield provider (on-access scanning):
Left click the ‘a’ blue icon, click on the provider icon at left and then Customize.
Go to Advanced tab and click on Add button…
For the other providers (on-demmand scanning such as the screen-saver or the Simple User Interface):
Right click the ‘a’ blue icon, click Program Settings.
Go to Exclusions tab and click on Add button…
You can use wildcards like * and ?.
But be carefull, you should ‘exclude’ that many files that let your system in danger.
I right-clicked on the test-virus-file and had it checked doing a check with the
explorer context-integrated virus scan. There I get sound and the dialog box pops up.
If I do a right-click and then select “file properties” I just get the Blue-Red on Yellow warning.
No Sound, no dialog box.
i just wanted to see the behaviour…when i try to download this file a pop up appears with the option “abort conection”…this is the normal behaviour of avast…glad ure ok now
This is the normal behavior (not Silent Mode) when WebShield detects an infected HTML traffic.
Before the file is saved in the HDD, you can abort the connection to that ‘file’.
Anyway, Dr. Web says this file is clean… :
