It’s just bad business to use a faulty product . It’s also stupid to leave your computers unprotected !
If you don’t want to use a faulty product, stop using Windows.
I have been using avast pro for probably 2 decades and during that time I’ve seen some bad releases that would cause all kinds of things, was I frustrated…Yes, even few times I thought of going to something else, but there is no perfect thing in this world and as always avast team would fix the issues , maybe not right away, but they would get to it and they will get to this one I’m sure.
This time is no different, the latest update is bad, GUI loads like snail and without renaming of the dll’s there is no go with any of the browsers, so hopefully they will get to that issues soon enough.
As far is Windows been venerable or sucks, yes in some ways, but other platforms have their share of horrid if not with venerability than compatibility and limitations in many other aspects, it is what it is ;D
Nobody’s perfect. Programmers are just humans too.
Simply proceed as suggested in this thread or revert to the previous version.
Can you please confirm that Lucidlogix Virtu is installed on afflicted computers?
Uninstalling Virtu seems to have fixed the “ntdll.dll” crash for me. Firefox and IE were insta-crashing after the latest Avast update (both worked in Win7 safe mode, SafeZone browser was unafflicted), everything’s back to normal now.
I had the problem that Thunderbird and the Iron Browser (a Chrome-Browser) not start. After the renaming it works now. Thanks!
I had Virtu 1.2.104 and after uninstalling it the issue is gone.
OK, seems we found the culprit… 
The Japanese one who has the same issue also confirm his/her machine has Virtu installed.
Looks like that 8)
Fix will be delivered ASAP by microupdate.
OK.
Like I said, sooner or later avast team will find necessary fix
I too experienced issues with the recent update, except in my case, it affected Chrome and Internet Explorer.
I solved the issue by doing the following:
- Uninstall Avast
- Boot into Safe Mode and Run the Avast Remove Tool.
- Install Avast
- Boot into Safe Mode and navigate to your Avast install directory. Find the file named snxhk.dll and DELETE it. Empty your Trash and Reboot.
- Open Avast and disable Auto Update. I set mine to notify me when an update is available.
This method worked on my PC running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I can now use Chrome, IE or any other browser without issue.
Hope this helps.
1, 2, 3) not needed at all.
4) No need to delete it as has been explained, rename it.
5) avast can and will still install updates through micro fixes.
OK, then riddle me this Batman, what do you do if you have both snxhk.dll AND snxhk64.dll on your system as was my case?!
Yes and wouldn’t you know, as soon as I let it update, it dropped snxhk.dll back into the program directory and made Chrome shit the bed again. Better IMHO to disable Auto Update then continue to be Avast’s guinea pig, but you do you bro.
help sir not change, i’m done disable self-protection
Your screenshot would appear to indicate the self-defence module is still enabled.
Why would you not disable the self-defence module temporarily, it takes less than a minute and then you should be able to do as suggested. Now you are left with waiting for the fix when delivered an a micro update.