not only does the product modify my OS license key and sets it at expired ( uninstalled avast, reboot ) , but i have to deal with it causing other programs to stop functioning ( uninstall, reboot again). how can people trust this broken thing, i might aswell download a virus with the same side effects. the home page claims “hassle free”. cut the b.s. already, too many preventable problems in almost every release. thank you for making my decision easier. this false adversiting, take down the “hassle free” quote, are you serious?
this program should be renamed to “half-@sst”. i’m sure my post will be deleted, but that’s ok, keep dropping the ball.
What do you mean it modifies the license key and sets it to expired?
I’m no expert, but I remember reading a few times that if too many programs are removed/added, at the same time, Windows needs to be reactivated. I doubt this has anything to do with Avast at all.
nope, back then, when i installed avast 6, rebooted and had pop ups saying OS will expire in 30 days, found out i had to uninstall avast to correct the error, low and behold, it went back to normal. i agree, you really don’t have a clue.
Anyone and everyone should always be prepaired whenever they install any new software ( not just avast ) as there can be unforseen problems that could arise at any moment and that is simply why people should do backups preferably image backups before installing as that can save alot of time and effort.
I fail too see where the ball has been dropped on every release, this seems to be the only one that i can remember that has caused numerus problems on this scale for users but avast will be troubleshooting this no doubt and i have faith, that being said iv had no issues whatsoever on my system or the other 15 systems that iv now installed or upgraded for family and friends on XP to win7 so where or who does most of the fault lay with these problems ? i think maybe 10% avast and 90% users not having a clue with what there doing ???
i wish it was that easy, but the problem was, after i got the error, i rebooted maybe 6 times before i gave up and uninstalled avast, rebooted and everything was back to normal.
it’s a 50/50 responsibility and that 90% would include you.
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Well all my installs worked so i dont see how your able to include me in that percentage but as your unable to correctly converse what i had tried to explain to you then more than likely alot of the fault must lay with your understanding of the subject matter, i suggest for you to ask a computer tech to help you with your install problem and may ask if he will write it down for you for future reference.
you got that problem? i had a major BSOD when having kaspersky… no troubles with avast
Riv3r if u dont believe… you can take a look at every antivirus forums and in the report section… you will definitely see a lot of people complaining about crashes, BSODs all sorts of stuff… i see comodo, pcav, kaspersky, avg and norton forums having all these issues too…
Venting its 1 thing but moving on is another. I have been user since version 4.6 and to be honest for most part it was ok until version 6 when the extras was added (sandbox, webrep, gadgets) I don’t even use it, but with custom installation you can manage what you want install and what not.
But with this version!! I have 6 PC’s and still remaining 2 avast licenses of 290 days or so, I’m done.
Yesterday I have purchased 2 new licenses of Outpost Security Suite and it works very impressive, why Outpost? Well I did my research and even at their forum seems that if they have issues, the issues are minor and Agnitum takes their time before releasing new versions, unlike others have always some problems that are leading to their PC screw-up’s.
Goodbye avast, do yourself a favor and stop adding function that are not as good as you would like to think.
I have been using Outpost firewall Pro for more years than I have avast (almost 8 years), from when I first started with Outpost version 1.0 free, until purchasing Outpost Firewall Pro 3.0 up to the version 7.5.1 and believe me Outpost has had their share of problems over the years.
So much so that I don’t install program updates for some time after release, I still haven’t installed 7.5.2, but I’m still using it as it is a fine firewall. There are times when sh1t happens in security based applications, but that has to be balanced out or we wouldn’t be with any single product for long at all.
As a consumer the only way to effectively demonstrate your displeasure is to vote with your dollars and take them elsewhere. I agree and think avast got to ambitious with their feature set in this version. I switched to avast a few years ago because their base functionality was rock solid - catching viruses and cleaning them off and prevention. Starting with version 6 we saw a definite degradation of Avast’s performance in its base functions.
I think its time that Avast steps back and re-evaluate where they want to take this product. They then need to make sure adequate testing is done before doing such a major agressive release such as version 7.
