I’m using Avast! home edition (registered). I want to increase the standard shield and mail sensitivity from normal to high. So I move the slider from left to right (to high), and it holds. I press okay. So it’s at “high”… great. But each and everytime I restart my computer, it then defaults back to normal again. So it’s not remembering my settings. Same problem when I select e-mail silent mode & no… it forgets it after I reboot. What am I doing wrong?
Background: computer runs Win 98 first edition (with all critical updates etc installed). Has Spybot 1.3 (latest definitions) installed with immunization & browser blocking on. Also has installed Proxomitron (ad filtering software), Zone Alarm (old version 2.6.362–I prefer it, less bloated than newer versions). Also has CCleaner installed (crap cleaner)…
I remember seeing something like this in the forums previously. It was also win98 related, having something to do with win98 shutting down and not saving settings.
The solution if I remember correctly was to set the sensitivity to what you need clicking ok , etc. and closing the window. Then right click on the avast icon and select Stop On-access Protection and Exit. Once you have done this reboot your PC.
Thanks for your help–it worked! But what I found worked was to use “Stop Provider” (rather than “Stop on access and exit”). It now remembers my settings after reboot. Sort of a bug though… hope Alwil can fix it in the next release of Avast!
It’s not a bug… just Windows 98 shutdow ‘before’ the settings could even be saved…
Microsoft has quite a lot of speed to shutdown ;D
If I’m not wrong, this answer is in the ‘FAQ’ on my signature 8)
Thanks Technical, it was in your FAQ. I forgot to read it first. ???
As for being a bug or not, well, why not have on the Avast residence protection settings page a “save” button so it saves right away on the computer’s hard-drive just like when I press the save button on my word processor… then one doesn’t have to worry about a fast shutdown losing the settings.
