That is a first time?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Okay, I have been using the Slinjet browser from Flashpeak for a very … very long time, and till just a few minutes ago I also never hat a problem with updating Slimjet with Avast installed. I wanted to update to the latest version, but when using the online update I could not do so? ( I got a warning that I did not have the right permission for that action. ) So I downloaded the offline installer for Slimjet, and I did not get a warning this time so I thought it was updated.

Still, I checked anyway to see if the browser was indeed updated. Turned out it was not updated? So I tried to see if temporarily disabling the Avast Shields would allow me to install the browser update, and it turned out it did indeed update this time. BUT I never hat to do this before, and although I realise that the chances of something bad happening on my computer are pretty darn slim, I still do not like to temporarily disable the shields. So does anyone have an idea as to why I suddenly hat to use this method? ( It should not have to be done this way. )

By the way, excluding the files/folder did not seem to help either. ( Well, that or I did something wrong? )

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    • which OS?
    • what did you exclude?
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I got a warning that I did not have the right permission for that action
That is a Windows message.
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I use Windows 8.1 64bit. And I tried excluding the program folder C:\Program Files\Slimjet\ and the offline installation file sjtsetup_x64.exe.

@Eddy

Yeah, I know, but once I shortly deactivated the shields to try the update again ( Which then worked. ) I did not get the warning. So would that not mean that it is connected to my OS and Avast together? ( Maybe because of the hardened mode from Avast? )

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If it was Avast, you would have gotten a warning from Avast. :slight_smile:

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Okay, just now it happened again. I hat to disable the shields temporarily in order for me to install the update for the Slimjet browser? :frowning: Avast should look into this in my opinion.

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Why did you have to disable the shields ??? If you want help, please give details.

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It is described in my OP, but in short, with the last two updates for the Slimjet browser I hat to disable the shields for a short time. It did not matter if I used the online method or the offline install file. The update can be run and it looks like it happened when I kept the shields on, but after the update a check inside Slimjet when it is running showed me that it was still the previous version. After I disabled the shields for a short time these last two updates … then and only then did the updates get really done?

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No one?

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Don’t use your browser. However, never disabled the shields for the browsers I do use (Chrome,Firefox,Opera) and never had a problem with updates.

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Well I still do not understand how or why it happened, but either Avast or Flashpeak did something, because the online update just worked with out me having to do what I did the first two times. So as far as I am concerned my problem is solved. :slight_smile: