I complain about this month or 2 ago and I gonna complain again.
AVAST for last few builds currently on (24.8.6127 (build 24.8.9372.869) is for some reason stopping “turn off monitor at set time” upon first boot into windows, and will not work unless you move mouse around click mouse buttons upon first boot to windows 10. After that it will turn off the monitor at the set time, but if you dont monitor will never turn off.
I first noticed this on Win 10 and seeing I testing out Win 11 and did upgrade and then clean install of it after words monitor was turning off fine upon first bootup into windows without moving the mouse and or clicking before hand, Moment I installed Avast and upon first boot up the issue was back, Not bigg issue cause you have use mouse if you want use system, but if one turns pc and walks away for hour or what ever, when the come back monitor will be on still.
What is with all scare tactics in the smart scan “advanced” section and all that how do I turn that crap off.
And out pure curiosity, I booted up my old pc I gave to dad that been setting there for 12+ months not being touched or even turned on, there for had old build of avast, Monitor turn off function worked fine upon first boot and no mouse moving and or clicking reqiured. avast wanted update it went threw and issue was back.
So it happen on personal pc when it was on win 10 and when it was on win 11 and it happen on my old pc upon avast update, Will give avast few builds to fix this, other wise I will just uninstall and stop using it on all pc’s use MS defender only.
I suddenly found Avast popped open on my screen after having run a Smart Scan automatically (18:00 on the first of the month).
I see no other reason than to show a bunch of bogus alerts followed by the upsell screens every month.
This flies in the face of “Avast scans as needed on the fly so no need to manually scan things or set periodic scans”
Edit: I was still running 24.7 so this isn’t something new for 24.8 but it must’ve come in a definition update or something. Or already a thing in 24.7
Yes, I only saw it because I check settings regularly like the neurotic psychopath that I am, but if I wasn’t I would have gotten the scan popping up on Sunday and been very confused and worried.
Good catch @Dinobot2.
I found my Smart Scan frequency setting was changed, showing “Monthly” as well.
I have now changed back to “Manual”
That was sneaky change (bug maybe) and could have caused me some confusion and head scratching if it had run automatically unexpectedly.
I updated my Avast just now to 24.8, and I only have “Bug fixes and improvements” in the update notes.
Additionally, the Smart scan option which was previously on “Run manually” was changed to “Monthly” on its own after this update. Was that done on purpose or did mine glitch? I would rather things like that not change because then it makes me paranoid about what other settings were changed for me without me knowing.
Hi, I’m sorry to hear that. Is this the only symptom you’re experiencing? No errors at all? Will this problem persist when only Avast Web Shield is disabled?
Are you using Google Chrome or some other web browser?
I’ve been having this same issue for a while now. Was forwarded to a few posts and ended up here. Currently with a 868 build and the issue is still happening every now and then - when typing in search parameters in an already filled search bar (already on some site), it just clears the search and resets to address of the last page.
I believe this has fixed it! I followed your instructions and am now on build 867, see screenshot. So far the problem has not happened and Google sites are working properly in Firefox. I will leave the browser and tabs open all day to make sure it has gone away. Thanks very much, I hope this issue doesn’t recur again with future version and build updates.
Another thing that got corrected is that with the latest version 24.8 there is a new UI for the software updater and the check for updates button was not working. Now it does work and revealed over a dozen out of date apps which were all updated with the restart. I usually update an app when I open it to use it but there are some apps I seldom use and those were out of date.