With the latest program update came a critical problem on my machine which seems to be related to the process detailed in this thread. I narrowed it down to a conflict between Avast! and the Zone Alarm firewall which caused my system to crash 100% of the time before a full login… I since uninstalled that firewall and tried with Windows 8 Firewall Control (Win XP version) and the emergency update process asks permission to access internet every single time I boot up my computer because the firewall considers the file a different program at each reboot. I have no idea how to get around that and I don’t even know if the new firewall allows this process to even do its job, I’ll give Avastclear a try just to be sure this isn’t a wierd glitch.

Edit: No dice, the program still asks for permission every time. I hope this gets fixed at some point, it’s iritating.