Despite always disabling automatic program upgrades (I usually prefer manual ones), my Avast Free Antivirus seems to have upgraded, yesterday, of his own will: today, at boot time (win 10 64), it prompted me announcing the (already) performed upgrade and asking me the usual installation-time questions.
I can not categorically swear, but I’m quite sure I did not enable automatic updates (I never do) and I’m quite sure, also, that Avast did not notify me (as usual) the availability of a new version.
Is there any reason for such an unusual behaviour?
Could you add a “kill-stiwch” feature which is very common on a lot of other VPNs to prevent leaks in your secure connection
You have added an option to the “you are now connected to VPN” or whatever popup to not show again, please add this option to when you run a scan and minimize the program because its so, so annoying having it pop up every time
Whenever you run a scan can you allow the users to see the scanning process; like what file it is actually scanning, how many threats/viruses have been detected etc, which is every other anti virus / anti malwere program i have ever tried expect avast
now i cannot extract anything from winrar …Avast seems to have blocked the app …i tried clicking allow on the pop up that appears ehich says avast has blocked the app …but it did not work
I don’t see why Avast would be interested in doing this unless there was an issue with it (suspect, etc.). I don’t use winrar, but use 7zip (or plain old .zip files) and avast isn’t impacting that (or those).
I have 5 Computers ,which i cant get my hands on yet, with the free Version. All Computers doesnt run under an Administrator Accout. Will Avast Auto Update this critical Patch even if not running under an Admin Account?
Thanks for your answer.
I understand the reason.
Maybe in such situations it would be useful to show the user, when automatic upgrades are disabled, a warning message announcing the forced upgrade and the reason behind it.
Just to prevent the user from worrying about possible malfunctions or intrusions; the main goal of Avast, after all, is security, caution and prevention, isn’t it?
yes it is, and that’s the reason why the automatic updates is the default option. so if user changed to manual updates, it should be fine just to remind there is a new version
Well, as far as I know one of the most important precautionary “rules”, when talking software, is to avoid hasty upgrades to new versions, which notoriously can always bring some problems. Especially with programs that are crucial for the proper functioning of the system. Which does not mean, of course, “never upgrade” but just means… wait a little, learn what the upgrade provides, check if problems or regressions are reported and then upgrade. So the user who chooses manual updates, in my humble opinion, does not necessarily deserve to be considered a “bad” user or a user who needs some kind of “education”.
I totally agree with your statement “it should be fine just to remind there is a new version”.
In this case, however, Avast did not tell me “there is a new version” but it told me “there is a new version in your computer”, already installed and running, whether you like it or not. Which is quite different.
I think that Avast need to do some work before this can be considered (saving the last of-line version) ready to split off XP. For the last three versions 18.6, 18.7 and 18.8 AvastSvc.exe has a CPU problem, certainly on my system.
In 18.6 after a few days use (no restart) I was finding AvastSvc.exe at 50% (occasionally higher) when there was no other activity reported on the Task Manager. Closing down all other user programs made no difference avastsvc.exe sat there on 50% CPU. The only solution was to reboot and wait for it to happen again.
When 18.7 was released I did a clean reinstall, but that too made no difference at some point the avastsvc.exe CPU spiked and remained at 50% or more. Even with 50% remaining it had a massive impact on other running programs. Firefox in particular.
So I may need to go even further back than 18.6 and not 18.8.
Hi David
That certainly sounds discomforting and has no doubt caused you much dissatisfaction.
I have not seen that on my XP system and have the latest version installed.
I use my XP for very specific limited tasks (sometimes online). My system has 2GB of RAM and for me the BIGGEST issue I have is the amount of RAM used in the functioning of the GUI
I have repeated mentioned/Asked if the developers could ‘lighten up’ the GUI for those xp users with limited RAM
To this point ‘never’ have got a response.
Edit: I should add that to minimize system resources impact by Avast I only install File and Web Shields.
