Buffer overrun detected!

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi

Installed Avast home no probs for a while
Now, whenever I launch OE I get:
“Microsoft Visual C++ rumtime library”
"Buffer overrun detected!
Program:…ogram files\alwil software\avast4\ashmaisv.exe

A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program’s internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must now be terminated"

I have tried re-running the mail protection wizard
Automatically protect future accounts is unchecked
Completing the wizard doesn’t fix the problem

Os is windows ME
I am behind a linux firewall

help please!
many thanks
rob

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Do you use the latest build (357) of avast?

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version 4.1.357

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Do you use the option ‘Send and receive messages at startup’ in OE ? Could you try to disable it ?
I’d like to know if it occurs as you start OE or as OE begins to download mail.

You can also try to repair the installation in Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs->avast! Antivirus.

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thanx for the suggestion - didnt get chance to try it cos it has fixed itself.

I think the error was being caused by an email (or amount of emails!) i had in my in queue. heres what i did:

I removed the 127.0.0.1 loop back - re-entered my servers POP3 details (i needed to check my emails urgently)

downloaded my emails unprotected (38 genuine - god only knows how much spam!)

re-entered the avast 127.0.0.1 settings

all working fine again

Ill keep you posted if future emails manage to crash avast

cheers
rob

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Do you still have the e-mails?
Could you forward them to us?

We’d be extremely interested in them…
Especially if you could find out which one exactly is causing the problems…

Thanks
Vlk

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For what it’s worth, I’ve been getting exactly the same error today - only solution was to do as you did and remove the localhost email scanner. I’m using build 357.

John

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Vlk, just to post: no error with OE + avast and no error either if I choose the option ‘check mail on the startup’. Everything works fine. Maybe I do not receive that ‘interesting’ emails that you want to see ;D

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I have the same problem. It just started yesterday. I have Eudora as my email client. I have Avast 4.1.357. I have Win98, 384 RAM, 233 Pentium.

I’ll try the suggestion above to get my latest batch of emails.

Tony

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People, seriously, we’d NEED the email in question… without it, it’s gonna be extremely difficult to fix this problem!

Thanks
Vlk

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I got my emails by changing my ports in Eudora to be the listen ports of SpamPal.

I’ll put them back & try again.

Sorry, but I got >100 emails, I cannot tell which one caused your problem.

Tony