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Start your own topic in a new thread.
Explain your problem and see if you can’t get the problem resolved. :slight_smile:

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I don’t think I want help. I have used avast! for years, but now it is simply NO GOOD. I had it paused for everything while trying out a different antivirus suite. And all of a sudden I had a massive download coming that I didn’t want or expect. I checked netstat and it was avast! Downloading and downloading with updates paused. I definitely do NOT want a bandwidth hog churning without my permission. And then it popped up with another reminder about updating my browser, and I don’t want ANY third party software attempting to run my updates. I had to shut that function OFF in avast! yet still it persists. VERY annoying. And the popups in the corner getting bigger each time and more frequent? It’s SO annoying. I don’t need all that nonsense. Especially if they can’t even get the antivirus part right! My new software suite detected TWENTY instances of trojans yesterday that avast! never even saw. Some of those were in archived and backup files, which means avast! has been letting them in for YEARS. No. This is DEFINITELY not the software I want. Buhbye avast!

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You can turn off automatic updates.

In the installer, you can choose if you want to have the Software Updater in avast.

Backup files are likely to be false positives. Exactly what was detected?

We’d love to help,
~!Donovan

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I’m happy with Avast 8 but the installer feature that updates out of date software doesn’t work if you’re not using an administrator account. I use a standard user account as my main account most of the time after a suggestion by Sophos Security, but normally I just enter my administrator password when installing software. Avast 8 doesn’t ask for my administrator password but doesn’t install the updates it asks about. They’re all up to date now that I’ve logged on as an administrator but you should be able to just enter your administrator password from a standard user account.

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Unless you’re logged in as the admin. you don’t have sufficient rights.

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That’s how I feel as well!

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I think it is Crap, didn’t anyone test this thing out, or was the corporate pressure too much. I guess I had 7 worked out. I have all the settings to ask, and it never asks. To get pictures to my tablet from my PC, Turn off Avast for 10 minutes. To get updates for my newsreader, turn off Avast for 10 minutes. Are seeing a pattern here???

It is way to difficult to manage, tell the new programmer he has a lot to learn about user interfaces. I am sick and tired of trying and experimenting with settings to find out, well, that didn’t work. I am a pretty smart guy, but I have nightmares thinking what if my mom had this program! HF

Fix it, or I will move on.

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The pattern is that rather than simply saying it is rubbish and as for the turn this and that off for 10 minutes, etc. I have no idea whether you are talking about avast 7 or 8.

Your comment “Fix it, or I will move on” doesn’t help anyone fix anything as there really is insufficient information to even determine what they need to fix.

If you are serious about wanting a fix, then I suggest that you start your own new topic and give some more detailed information on the problems that you are experiencing (error messages, and associate email/newsreader program, operating settings, etc.) and we will try to help.

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Still unhappy with it.
As soon as i find an other antivirus that doesn’t bloat yet (bloat has very little to do with non functional software, but everything with installing sotware and functions one didn’t ask for). i’ll test it.
If it works, all systems i installed avast on, will be freed of avast and get the other product.
I didn’t ask for internet security, i want an anti virus.
I didn’t ask for software updater and wasn’t asked whether install or not, because you simply don’t get questions like these when updating.
Last time i mentioned it, someone told me it could be switched off.
This is not true.
You have to switch it off every time you reboot, there is no way of switching it off permanently in the program.
In another thread someone told about this option in a future update, but it didn’t show up yet.
So now to get rid of this nonsense, you need to go to add/remove programs, select avast and deinstall this part.
That’s ridiculous.
Deciding this function is needed for all users is also a plain insult to your users.

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I didn't ask for internet security, i want an anti virus.
And where do you think viruses come from ??? ??? ???

(85% of all infections come directly from the internet)
Just incase you’re interested. :slight_smile:

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In case you’re interested in how to install it properly,
the following video may help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0P3JFfBCDk&list=UUr_7tv1ifz2xRfJo8-_FhVA&index=3

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Hi some_user,

It’s best to prevent infections before they start, no?

Unlike many other antiviruses, avast! uses its “internet security” to stop the virus before it’s injected into your computer.

~!Donovan

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Hi

I voted for the ‘rubbish’ option. I hate the glaring unreadable UI in all respects. I have no doubt that the effectiveness of it’s main function in life will be as good as ever, but please, hire somebody with less than 100% eyesight to verify if the UI is actually usable.

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Beauty is always in the eyes of the beholder.
I don’t have perfect eyesight but I don’t have any problems with the new UI. :slight_smile:

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Hi
Yes, beauty is always is the eye of the beholder. Who ever designed the orange text on white background must have had good eyesight!

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I have WinXP, and Avast 8 gave me nothing but trouble. Boot up and shutdown were WAY slower, and I posted in here that I could not install a new program without a major battle that Avast won by simply stopping the install progress or lagging on for years just spinning in systray.

I went back to version 7, MUCH better. I kept getting a pop up that another “version 7” upgrade was available, thought about it, and finally upgraded to this other newer version 7.whatever. It turned out to be version 8, and within 15 minutes there was a blue screen crash - followed closely by the removal of version 8 (again), replaced by that other version 7 I had in my download directory.

Don’t get me wrong … I like avast - but this version 8 has a problem it seems with Win XP I’m guessing. I don’t see myself getting rid of XP anytime soon, because, quite frankly, everything after XP was a piece of crap. My son got a new laptop, gave me his old one with Vista … THAT was replaced by XP as well LOL. See where I’m going with this :smiley:

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Problem is that avast 8 was designed more for modern operating systems like windows 7 and 8 and so you are really shooting yourself in the foot by using windows XP. 8)

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Even us older computer users need to get used to the newer Operating systems.
Windows XP’s days are numbered. I know, my days are too but at least I’m running windows 8. :slight_smile:

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Even us older computer users need to get used to the newer Operating systems.
Windows XP’s days are numbered. I know, my days are too but at least I’m running windows 8.

I’m old school too … if it ain’t broke, dont fix it. All it is, is about money. If they change things you have to keep up. Unfortunately, the “improvements” suck wind. I remember Win 3.1 and the OS disasters that followed “making things better.” I’m sorry, I don’t buy it (pun intended).

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That’s your opinion which not everyone agrees with.
There have been many improvements but you need to keep up with them in order to appreciate them.
Windows 3.0 wasn’t broken either I however prefer windows 8. :slight_smile: