New program update?

system · 2007-09-06T16:13:41.000Z

On the main Avast page it says theres a new program update for Avast is this Beta or a new finalised update?

DavidR · 2007-09-06T16:30:36.000Z

The main page doesn’t show beta builds so it would that the beta has been updated and released.

system · 2007-09-06T16:34:56.000Z

That was quick then as it went Beta last week didn’t it?

DavidR · 2007-09-06T16:39:18.000Z

Yes, it was quick, but there wasn’t anything complex in the update, I think it was Vlk who said it was likely only to take a few days.

You can click on the link on the main page to see the changes or click this link, http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-revision-history.html

Lisandro · 2007-09-06T17:51:23.000Z

avast! Professional 4.7.1043 has been released.
For more details, visit: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/avast_Professional/1034566665/2

system · 2007-09-08T20:56:11.000Z

Well, I didn’t see anyone having trouble updating to the newest version (4.7.1043) so I updated a while ago. It downloaded and installed as all the other programs updates have done. Told me I needed to reboot - so I did.

Then I noticed that it took a long time for the icons to show up on the systray. avast spinning stopped for awhile and when I hovered over the avast icon, it only said 2 services were running (I normally have 4 services running). When I checked the ‘about’ on avast, nothing would come up. AND, there was one important service that did not load, “Symantec LiveState Recovery” (this is my image backup service for backing up my HDD). I tried checking mail, and OE worked fine, but I didn’t get the normal pop-up from ZoneAlarm telling me a new service was trying to access the internet (which would have been avast ‘Internet mail’ module). This should have happened since avast is now a new program… always has in the past after program update.

I saw somewhere on the forum that there were a few people who said that the ‘about’ on avast didn’t show as being the new version (1043) until they rebooted a second time. So I decided to try that. My windows (WinXP Media Ctr) wouldn’t shut down – said avast was not responding. I waited for awhile and finally had to tell it to ‘shut down now’. Then another module of avast wouldn’t respond either (forget which module, sorry). Had to ‘shut down now’ on that one too.

Then at next reboot, everything loaded normally… including ‘LiveState Recovery’ thank goodness. avast now showed 4 services running. Then when I launched OE, I got the expected pop-up from ZoneAlarm that a new program (avast) wanted access. Same with IE, ZoneAlarm pop-up said avast (webshield) wants access.

So everything is fine after the second reboot. The only thing I can think of is… normally I clean out temporary internet files before I do an update or download and install a new program. I forgot to do that this time.

Just a possible heads up to others.

system · 2007-09-08T21:18:23.000Z

I had my system set up for “ask when update available” and I never got a notification. I did an update through the menu/settings and everything went smoothly. Rebooted once and everything OK. ??

Lisandro · 2007-09-08T21:39:15.000Z

Rick F post:6:

Symantec LiveState Recovery

Are you using any other Symantec product?

system · 2007-09-08T23:04:18.000Z

Tech™ post:8:

Rick F post:6:

Symantec LiveState Recovery

Are you using any other Symantec product?

I knew someone was going to ask that, LOL.

Nope. Never had and never will have NAV on any PC. ‘LiveState Recovery’ is a utility that allows me to backup my “C” drive to an external HDD thru USB or network.

Lisandro · 2007-09-09T04:13:24.000Z

Rick F post:9:

I knew someone was going to ask that, LOL.

Nope. Never had and never will have NAV on any PC. ‘LiveState Recovery’ is a utility that allows me to backup my “C” drive to an external HDD thru USB or network.

LOL… I’d rather Acronis True Image.

system · 2007-09-09T15:05:06.000Z

Acronis!! I had that one first (Ver 9 I think it was because I never plan to go to Vista). When my “C” drive crashed in February and wouldn’t boot, I tried a recovery with Acronis. Acronis wouldn’t even see my “C” drive after it booted from CD rom. The only drive it saw was my USB drive. Couldn’t recover anything!

I contacted Acronis support (after about a week of rebuilding my ‘C’ drive manually) and told them my problems. All they said was, “Sorry, we’ll try to improve”.

Wasted money for me.

Lisandro · 2007-09-09T20:30:32.000Z

Sorry for your negative experience, Rick.
Mine is not bad. Even support I’ve received one day after asking for it. Not that bad.

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