I wrote this in response to many posts where avast! users are bailing to other vendors. I want to keep avast! users as avast! users. I have an invested interest in the well being of Avast Software. I did NOT trash avast!, nor Avast Software. I only tell it like it is! I believe avast! is the best antivirus in the world. It is the only antivirus product that I have not had a virus spread through an avast! protected network in 8 years.
Your still advertising the link to an earlyer version in your first post where avast has now fixed the troubled version so no need for people to downgrade plus the link to your site that is in all of your posts need to be removed as that is advertising.
The tone is what we (users) are complaining.
That and misleading statements like v6 not being usable for months. Saying something like that just gives people the impression that avast! always messes things up in their upgrades and it simply isn’t true. If I had had the problems with v7 and then would read that v6 was just as bad, (which again, it wasn’t) that would encourage me to leave the product, not stick with it.
I for one, am no longer complaining. Although I was a paid user, I just don’t have the time or disposition to deal with problems that should have been solved before the upgrade was released. All the extra things included with 7 are of little value to me if I don’t have faith that I can System Restore when I need it, get BSOD’s which I have never had before, or that my pc is not shutting down properly, etc. etc. I have now uninstalled avast, not to return and will use Microsoft Security Essentials until I find a virus program that makes me feel secure. Goodbye…
Well, to be honest, problems with avast! and system restore are nothing new. They have never played well together which is one of the reasons system restore is turned off on the XP machine and will remain that way. It’s also currently off on the Vista machine because the restore points refused to be defragmented so I have no option but to get rid of them. I haven’t decided whether I’ll turn it back on or not. I actually have never had to use System Restore since at least 2005.
@DCH48 it’s not just with Avast, but with other security software too (the restore issue).
You’re right Dch, some misleading info.
That’s very true. Comodo had issues with it too when I was using that
exactly, that’s the one I was thinking about precisely.
System restore is infective!!! Well I’ve been lucky then… in the three and a bit years I’ve used Avast I never had to use it…In fact tbh I haven’t really needed an AV :D…The only infections its picked up are the inevitable FP’s and those from places that I knew were unsafe or risky…However, there is nothing in the ‘user manual’ that says ‘System Restore?’…forget it!..using Avast renders it useless…or is this one of the end user problems?
I’m now in Arizona and one of the first things I had to do this morning was to update one of my daughters computers to version 7.
Since a few days have passed and the faulty vb update is behind us, I’m happy to report that her update from version 6 to 7 wen’t off
without a hitch.
I have 2 presentations to do tomorrow and certainly feel a lot better after having updated Kathy’s computer without incident.
Now all I need is to get some sleep. I left my house at 11:45 PM yesterday and look forward to a good nights sleep.
(Only 58 emails to go) ;D
(You count sheep, I’ll count emails.)
No, the problems have been confined to Avast not working right after doing a system restore and having to be reinstalled. As far as I know, everything else gets restored just fine.
Ahh, thanks for clarifying that…That I can live with:)
I never had a problem with a broken definition. Instead I have problems that indicate issues with the installer. It doesn’t get past the firewall driver install. Installing from Safe mode breaks the mail shield. Installing from Safe mode is never an acceptable workaround - ever.
As to the original Author. Its sound advice to not jump on the newest release of anything. I made the mistake of making that jump myself.
I’m sure Avast 7 will be a fine product. But its still has many problems to iron out before it can be dusted off as a final release.
I have 5 computers including 4 that are running Windows 8 Consumer Beta and all of them are protected by avast!7.
Avast7 is a fine product right now. Certainly much improved over avast!6. 
That doesn’t make it right! I am not concerned with the others. Just because another software has problems doesn’t affect me unless I choose to use it. I don’t WANT to have to use System Restore - but when I get BSOD’s when upgrading avast, I would like the option of System Restore…I really tried to be reasonable about this. Microsoft Security Essentials is working perfectly - I have faster boot, System Restore, no BSOD’s, so I am happy. The con - I lost five month’s of avast subscription cost.
or re-write kernel drivers ???
I have to absolutely agree with Bob!
I am (continually) really impressed with the improvements. ;D
AND, not one virus infection since using any off the versions of Avast. 
Edit: typo
Mine received the exception errors AFTER I updated from V6 to V7 and NO restore was involved in the upgrade. I did try a restore after uninstalling AVAST & installing V6, only to have V6 Auto-update to V7 with MANUAL UPDATE selected.
SO… I’m sorry but you are misinformed or just plain wrong & not reading the posts.