Why is it that every time I try to log into the avast forums I get this screen:
I don’t know why, but I’ve been getting it too for the last couple weeks. I get hung on that screen and after to back up to the forum.
@ Tech - something to do with your signature??
Well, I’m surprised… Mozy is on my signature and it’s a very good program (I do recommend).
But, what is it doing in the whole page of the forums… mystery?
A mystery indeed. Like mauserme, when I login I get stuck on that screen and have to go back and log in again. The second time logs me in correctly without that mozy screen.
I’m surprised too as there is nothing in the signature that isn’t in most of the other signatures (for those that use them), image links and snipurl links. There is nothing strange in the signature code that should make Opera cough, otherwise it would hapen every time.
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<div style="overflow: auto; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 3px;" class="signature">
<img src="http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1509.0;id=10682;image"
alt="" border="0" /> <b><a href="https://mozy.com/?ref=5PUHL3" target="_blank">
Mozy Free Remote Backup</a>
- <a href="http://snipurl.com/hsyh" target="_blank">FAQ</a>
- <a href="http://snipurl.com/7ela" target="_blank">Links</a>
- <a href="http://snipurl.com/7elb" target="_blank">Settings</a></b></div></td>
When you log in there isn’t a Tech signature present, if you don’t kill the avast cookie and you have the duration set you shouldn’t need to constantly log in. But even when you log in it would take you to the index.php page and again no Tech signature on that page.
Most strange.
Edit: broke code into manageable lines as it didn’t wrap.
This must be a problem with Opera.
I gew\t the same thing if I use Opera it seems to open the following link after you sign in:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1509.0;id=10682;image
It doesn’t happen in IE. Haven’t tried FF.
It just happened to me using IE6 on my Win98 backup machine trying to sign in now. Someone found a way to make money off of Avast! forum posters. I doubt it is a coincidence, at least not when money is involved.
Edit: My guess is that it will happen with any browser that does not already have an Avast! cookie aboard.
It doesn’t happen in Firefox, but it is a very long time since I had to log in, I keep the cookie.
Interesting. Well, whatever is causing it is enough to make me view it as an unwelcome advertisement and as such I would never use the product.
Gene I’m using IE7 and don’t have that problem.
Have logged out and back in several times without any problems.
Here’s what I’ve noticed with Avant Browser (IE6):
Peruse the forum a bit without logging in. Any time I scroll through one of Tech’s posts (which is almost always, of course), the Mozi icon is a red-x box.
After this, trying to log in produces the problem (I actually am logged in at this point but stuck at the “Mozi Screen”. Back/Back/Refresh fixes this).
If I’ve managed to miss one of Tech’s posts prior to logging in I do not get the problem.
If I log in prior to one of Tech’s post being displayed I do not get the problem.
So Tech, are you messing with us? ;D
Bob, I can log out and log back in fine also. It is when I remove all my cookies with CCleaner that the MOZY screen returns as the first screen when trying to log in.
Edit: I believe I am wrong about it being a cookie issue. I just removed the cookie and then logged in OK. I then logged off and read through this thread and then tried to log in again. I got the MOZY screen. Hmmmm…
By the way, MOZY is a great free online backup program. and it has nothing to do with this problem.
Tech isn’t the only one using it… ;D ;D
It happens to me, I use Firefox. It should be a webforum engine issue.
Probably another reason to update it… ??? ;D ???
Besides the PMs issue… 
It may be a great program but when I get something that I perceive as spam advertising I immediately have a negative impression of it…no matter what it is.
Out of curiosity I did look at the site to see what it was after seeing the icon in Tech’s signature. The free 2gb of storage is (IMO) useless, I can put that on my thumbdrive and feel a lot better about the security of it than transferring my data over the internet to a server that someone else owns and has access to.
I don’t carry my usb drives with me when ever i travel but,
2gb is more than enough secure space that I can access from any computer
to get me access to all my favorites and other items that mean a lot to me but
wouldn’t mean anything to any one who might be looking. (Which by the way isn’t the case.)
I agree with you. I can drag and drop 4GB of files to a single DVD-RAM and nobody gets a chance of looking at my backups.
But this clearly has nothing to do with Mozi the program. Its something with their icon and the way the forum sofware (or our browsers) interacts with it.
@Tech - Just as test would you remove the icon from your signature for a while to see if the problem clears up? You can put it back later - I’m just curious. 