Ok i have just install avast anti virus home…and i had already put in the serial number n bal bla…now the problem is when i go internet the small blue box does not seems to wanna appear…its not updating automaticly…and its annoying coz i just bought my pc …don’t want any problems…PLZZZZZZZZZ how do i do the seeting so the blue box comes out when i go internet
Anyway, you should also use the search function in this forum and browse over it. “Automatic update” or Set update, try it. Here’s a quick answer:
Download the avast! Uninstall Utility, find it here and save it to your HDD. Now uninstall, reboot, run the uninstall utility, reboot install the latest version, reboot.
You can switch to manual updates, Program Settings, Update (Basic).
Or you could have it check for updates and ‘ask’ that way you would be aware that an update is available, just ignore the notification and do it later.
You could also delay the update by a few minutes, what is your internet connection, dial-up, etc. ?
However, the avast auto updates shouldn’t be slow the signature file updates are incremental and are typically about 25-50 KB or less unless you haven’t updated in a while.
Program updates are different:
they are set to ask by default so shouldn’t update automatically.
the update cycle is spread over 7 days to balance server load as they may well be larger.
There has recently been a program update which may be what you have experienced.
Be sure also your firewall is not blocking connections to Avast Setup.exe
What is this blue box you are talking about and where would it normally appear ?
What is your firewall ?
Does it allow avast.setup internet access ?
If it does delete the entry for it and do a manual update, this will force the firewall to ask permission again.
Have (or did) you another AV installed in this system (often new systems come with a trial AV installed), if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ?
