…Forget FF and start using Chrome like everyone else is to reduce problems. Start using Comodo FW and Def+ instead of OA and only use the Web and Script Filters. The rest are over kill and just slow you down…lol
What you do on your own system is your business, but this advice could put other users systems at risk and that isn’t acceptable on the official support forums.
laptop running win 7 x64. upgraded from 7.0.1426 to 7.0.1456 and lost all display. friend uninstalled .1456 and reinstalled old version and laptop runs fine. Of course I keep getting the update popup wanting me to install .1456 ? How can I supress the update popup until the next update that might be more agreeable with my computer
I did a clean install on 2 of my computers and all went well. I now have to do my mom’s and then we will all be set.
2 computers, Win XP, sp3. , 32 bit
mom’s computer is Win XP, sp3, 64 bit
Hoping the clean install on the 64 bit computer will be successful too. I think all will be fine.
To me it is just best to start with a clean install and avoid problems.
Thank you Avast team. You are very much appreciated. Your antivirus has proteced me and my mom’s computers.
Good luck.
I did not know that there was a program update for the copy of avast! Free Antivirus that I have installed on my computer until today, when I came to the forum for the first time in a while and saw this topic. I checked my copy of avast! Free Antivirus to see if it was reporting that a new version was available, and it was.
Since I have a rule not to manually update the antivirus and firewall programs I use (with certain exceptions) I waited for avast! Free Antivirus to let me know of the program update. What I think is ironic is that it did so today, some time after I looked at this topic.
I didn’t click on the notification that popped up in time and it went away (which was my fault as I waited some time as I was doing something else.) So, I double-clicked on avast! Free Antivirus’ icon in the Notification Area and was provided with a way to update without clicking more than once. The program began downloading and installing the update files, and once that finished I was prompted to restart. After closing some programs, I allowed avast! Free Antivirus to do so, and it restarted my computer.
After my computer restarted and I logged in, a message appeared telling me some of the new things in the release. I waited some, as I have another rule to wait until the hard disc drive activity light is not fully or near fully illuminated. I then manually synchronized my computer’s clock to an Internet time server.
After that, the message was still there. I unchecked one of the boxes so Google Chrome would not be installed and clicked on the button to move forward. The message disappeared and avast! Free Antivirus’ icon appeared in the Notification Area. I double-clicked on the icon, and looked around some. The program had already checked for updates (there were none) and was reporting that the latest version was installed. I did not restart my computer to see if the message would come up again because I trust it won’t.
I have not noticed any decrease or increase in performance so I am satisfied with the release and don’t have any complaints. I appreciate the work that went into this release.
Update to 7.0.1456 crashes Outlook 2010 when I use the reading pane. I had no problems before this version. The reading pane itself is OK until I receive new mail, then Outlook immediately crashes. No crash witht the reading pane turned off. When it crashes. Outlook restarts but with the reading pane closed and my favorites list messed up.
I did a system restore to a few days ago to before the 7.0.1456 update. Avast wouldn’t run at all after the system restore. I uninstalled and installed version 6. Everything was fine including the Outlook reading pane. Then I updated to 7.0.1456 and the problem immediately recurred.
Avast has some work to do here. Meanwhile I’m restoring back to version 6 and will wait for a fix.
where do I download the dern program? This is rediculous having to SEARCH for it!
avast! Free Antivirus: http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe
avast! Pro Antivirus: http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/avast_pro_antivirus_setup.exe
avast! Internet Security: http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/avast_internet_security_setup.exe
Yes, I tested it IS v7.1456 too, it’s not working. When you choose the file and click to the ok button nothing happen.
First off, since it’s my first post I can’t but express my gratitude to the AVAST team for their great work. I’ve been using avast since 4th version and I noticed a huge progress made with the latest releases of the program.
Now, to the point. I updated (using uninstall tool) avast on my PC with XP SP3 installed 2 days ago. Everything seems to work fine except for a tiny issue: the script shield doesn’t work when I surf the web using either Firefox or Opera, while being active with IE.
Does anybody know how to fix it?
I have no idea if this is the right place to post this. I have had to actually uninstall Avast to get my computer back working. When I turned the computer on this morning I had a notification of an Avast Emergency Update v 7.0.1456.418 so I clicked the button. I use Avast Free. It began installing and I got no options from that point. It installed a bunch of google stuff [never did get any screen asking if I wanted it.] Once installed it said it needed to restart my computer, I clicked yes and the problems began. The system restarted put the logon screen up and I clicked OK but then it gave me a black screen, nothing loading. I waited but nothing happened after 5 minutes, I had to power down with the power button. Suffice it to say, that the update was 5:30a.m. my time [California] and I have just now finally got to the forum.
After multiple restarts, all of which would finally load Windows and the avast icon in the tray, it would not load my sound icon in the tray, nor my ZoneAlarm, nor would it let me do anything once I finally got to that point. If I clicked on IE to go to the web [trying to get here and find out if there were issues] all I got was the hourglass and had to go to task manager to restart. If I opened and then closed Task Manager my Start bar would disappear, which of course meant I couldn’t get anywhere. Finally, after multiple tries, and getting the same problems - I could get to nothing on my computer after I did get it started, no matter what I clicked, if it wasn’t on the desktop, all I would get was the hourglass. Ultimately, I finally remembered something about safe mode and finally hit the right key F8 and got to it. At that point I removed Avast and now everything works fine. Of course, I have no protection.
I’m sorry if this is long, and if I haven’t given you the information you need. I’m not a computer beginner, but I’m not real knowledgeable either. Is it absolutely necessary to have that beta thing that this update is because if it won’t let me use the computer, I’ll sure never get a virus, but that would only be because I’m not on the web anymore 
I have WinXP Pro SP3. My only antivirus is [was] avast. I also have zonealarm free 10.1.101.000
I appreciate any help.
Ruth
innkeeper9, sometimes the firewall and the antivirus have their issues with the other.
Maybe you can uninstall ZA, boot, repair avast! installation (Control Panel), reinstall ZA to test.
Hi TerraX,
thanks for the helpful link, I didn’t see it up to now!
This cycle has repeated numerous times. Avast warns me to update. The updating screen says Currnet version: 7.0.1456. It starts to download multiple files and crashes with an AV downloading vps_32-846-845.vpx with the attached error message. Repeated attempts, even across reboots and with nothing else running result in similar screens loading the same module, just with different addresses.
If I can’t resolve this very soon, I’m headed to another virus checker.
XP Pro
4:46 pm ET
I have since registered again (didn’t have my old one) and downloaded a new .1456. It crashed installing with an AV but then said installed OK. On reboot I got a “avast! WebRep crashed”. WebRep is now OFF for all browsers (I set this). At least the Upgrade warnings have stopped but I just think this version of avast has some real problems. At the moment it MAY be running OK. Can’t be sure.
I’ve had problems with Avast over the past several months, one time having it cause the Blue Screen of Death. Removing avast in Safe Mode solved the boot issue. Reinstalled later.
Or maybe putting ZA into the learning mode during the Avast installation would work. Then any necessary rules for avast would be automatically created during the installation and reboot.
Tnx for the effort, but it didn’t help me. I’m working with OA Free 5.5.0.1616 and avast .1456 keeps freezing Fx 13.0.1. I must have tried just about everything. Installed and uninstalled avast a dozen times. Nothing helps.
I’ve read the advice given in http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=100851.msg806377#msg806377, but it doesn’t help me… 
I’ve downgraded to .1426. I can either uninstall avast completely (and switch to an alternative, Avira for instance), install .1456 and disable the Behavior Shield or hope that a new version of avast will solve the problem. I’ve got the feeling the people of avast aren’t taking these problems seriously. After all, a majority of users state they have no problem with this new version.
After installing updating the latest version my System started to take much much longer to load the browsers and sometimes used to hang during the Startup when this happend few times I started checking out and observed it was due to Avast immediately uninstalled and installed AVG.
So even iam waiting for the next version of Avast to fix those issues
You need to go into OA and remove the rules set up for avast! then reboot and let it find avast! again and allow avast!.
Last night I updated free Avast to version 7.0.1456. This morning, I cannot run IE7, Chrome, or MS-Outlook, except in safe mode. However, I can run normally, an old Mozilla browser I used for school. I can also run Skype. And, I can access websites from my older machine with IE6, which does not have 7.0.1456. So, while I can’t be sure, the new Avast version is suspect.