Okay, having the details show isn’t what I was looking for. When I bring up the context menu from the system tray I select the option to update the database and the program. When I do that not even the details showed anything. I was expecting the small window to pop-up to show its progress.
Upon reviewing the avast web site it appears that another update has been made (31.1.2005), but my program only shows 28.1.2005.
Let me make sure I’m covering all the bases to make sure somebody doesn’t see something:
I’m running Windows XP Home edition
I have a Linksys router
I use Sygate’s personal firewall
I use ContentProtect (a parental control software; I can’t see how it might affect avast)
I’ve allowed anything avast-related to pass through Sygate’s monitoring
Manually updating avast does nothing
So far, when I use the repair utility in avast, it freezes on the “services” screen"
I use a Sygate Personal Firewall and have given avast.setup all rights for accessing and downloading from Internet.
I have startet my Laptop 4 hours ago. From this moment on avast.setup needs 99% of CPU Usage.
All other Programs are permanently slowed down very much.
Word doesn’t work anymore and Photoshop hang up at startup.
If I switch to manual Update, nothing changes.
after windows startup avast.setup again does something and blocks my cpu up to 99%…
This happens since the last update I made on 4.4.2005.
From this moment on something happens on my Laptop…
My Profile from Mozilla Firefox got lost, all Favorites were lost and things like this.
After a complete Systemscan for Viruses and Worms from an other machine via Network, no Virus was found. Avast shot my complete system.
Did you allow avast.setup to connect the Internet into Sygate seetings?
This is the application to update avast!
Can you manually update avast? Did you set it to automatically update? How do you connect (dial-up or permanent connection)?