Behavior Module Issues

system · 2017-03-02T12:52:13.000Z

Well, Avast wanted to update this Wednesday on my machine. So I let it do its thing as usual and of course it wanted to restart. When I clicked the restart link I got the “RED SCREEN OF DEATH”. Thought I lost some hardware or something. The machine limped back up far enough for me to do a normal restart of it, but when it came back I had issues. An app on the machine, DAEMON Tools Lite popped up an error stating that the core library files could not be found and then on top of that was an immediate crash of Desktop Gadgets. I though I would have to revert to an image to fix it as a system restore wouldn’t work. (Does it ever?) Before doing anything I figured I would check on the last thing that was changed on the machine. I looked at Avast and turned off all the added, unwanted modules from the new version install. Then I restarted… Same baloney. I then disabled it permanently and it started just fine. Eureka!!! So after disabling one module at a time (process of elimination) I found it to be the Behavior Module that was causing all the issue. I uninstalled it and the machine works fine, but I don’t have a behavior mod watching the machine now. That kinda blows, but that incident, whatever it was, could have caused some major damage to the machine. I’m beginning to wonder if eventually I might rather have a virus as they are less destructive than the Anti-Virus I have on my machine. I mean, that was scary. I thought I had the next 3 days of tasks cut out for me. Anybody else see any issues with behavior and desktop gadgets? Or had the “RED SCREEN OF DEATH” after the update?

CraigB · 2017-03-02T13:06:52.000Z

Desktop gadgets were given the boot some years ago, no point using unsupported products as they eventually conflict with new software.

I’ve seen BSOD ( blue screen of death ) before, never had red screen of death though RSOD is related to graphic card issues.

Eddy · 2017-03-02T13:15:42.000Z

Don’t know if it is still possible, but on old(er) windows version you could set the color to whatever you wanted.
https://www.petri.com/change_bsod_color

system · 2017-03-02T13:18:48.000Z

Yeah! Red. One thing I haven’t lost is my sense of color. Crash, memory dump and the works. Except all with a red screen. I am running Windows 7 Professional for business purposes. I would expect software to maintain with operating systems not the other way around. Windows 7 Pro is not yet obsolete. I shouldn’t have to chase software by upgrading to a different, undesirable operating system. I right click the desktop and there they are… Gadgets. So if they are there, they haven’t been given the boot on my machine and it is fully updated.

CraigB · 2017-03-02T13:29:07.000Z

Avast is compatible with Window 7 though Windows dropped support for gadgets long ago due to security issues, which is likely why other software’s don’t test compatibility with gadgets anymore.

Just because you have gadgets installed on your system still doesn’t mean it’s supported, it just means you never seen the notice that it was no longer going to be supported

If you navigate to Programs and features - then on the left is Turn Windows features on or off - within that screen you’ll be able to untick Gadgets which was the notice sent out by Windows to disable the service.

system · 2017-03-02T14:57:21.000Z

I suppose I can live without having the weather gadget on that desktop. Strange that I have the same here on my workstation desktop and Symantec isn’t messing with it. However, I cannot live without my DAEMON Tools for mounting images. So I suppose I should just leave the behavior feature off since it is messing with that as well. Or just switch AV.

Eddy · 2017-03-02T15:16:58.000Z

If you want to know what weather it is, just go outside with a little piece of rope.
If it wiggles, there is wind.
If it gets wet there is rain.
If it breaks when you try to bow it, it is freezing ;D

For mounting ISO’s, there are other ways.
It is natively build into Window 8 and 10.
For Windows 7 and earlier versions there are other tools than DEAMON.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/mount-an-iso-image-in-windows-vista/

And ofcourse Symantec doesn’t have a problem with it.
It lacks a lot of protection/detection options that avast has.

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