Your latest update for the main program breaks Avast in Win98SE, it does NOT work, and it takes the internet broadband with it. I re-installed a previous version after uninstalling, set it to not allow updates to the main program, yet it did it anyway and caused all the problems above again?
Please advise.
avast does not have a problem with win98(se).
What is telling you that is has?
What other av do or did you have installed?
What other security (related) software do you have installed?
Any error in avast’s log file?
Any other problem(s) with your system? (like in device manager)
What do you mean by it takes the internet broadband with it?
Resources that are used? Cannot connect?
Which firewall do you use?
Are there any info in the avast logs that could help us to help you?
Never mind, I re-installed yet again, stopped the update from accessing the internet and did a manual update from your site, this prevented the main program from updating and causing any loss of broadband and loss of the anti-virus.
Version: 4.7.827
VPS 0631-3
I don’t know if the main program is the latest or not, all I know is that the latest executable or dll’s from the update wreck broadband and the program will just NOT run and freezes Win98SE.
As it stands I can use Version: 4.7.827 with VPS 0631-3 without any problems.
The latest version for avast is 4.7.869, prior to that it was 4.7.844, so you are several updates adrift. The auto update (program) is always going to detect that your program has and update available and will try to install it, unless you had the auto updates set to manual.
You would probably be better off downloading the latest version and use that to reinstall. There should be no requirement for avast to go on-line during an install.
What update did you initiated?
Only the vps or the program also?
And please answer the Q’s I have asked you.
They will give us more info to go on.
avast does not have a problem with win98(se).<<
Uninstalled the old version, did a registry clean, rebooted, downloaded latest version from your site, installed, rebooted and same problems, computer locking up.
What is telling you that is has?<<
Can you be more specific with your question?
What other av do or did you have installed?<<
None.
What other security (related) software do you have installed<<
ZA Pro
Boclean
Any error in avast’s log file?<<
None
Any other problem(s) with your system? (like in device manager) <<
Not accessable when the newer version is installed.
If you disable the firewall, will avast update?
If you unistall ZA for a while, will avast update?
Did you disable the privacy features of ZA Pro?
Took all security off, still no Avast icon at startup after the installation, with the old version I had it set to only download the VPS and not the program itself, this was set to manual, yet it still downloaded the newer version of the exe file and related dll files?
As it is now, all security is back on and the older version mentioned earlier is back on with the updated vps file. All is working as it should.
So the newer version of the exe file or related dll files do cause a lock up in Win98SE.
This is on a very clean machine that has had no viruses or spyware on for a very long time.
I do security settings on computers for a living, so know what I am doing when it comes to setting up a computer for the internet.
Hellas!
Since yesterday i´ve problems with avast 4.7 Home Edition and Windows 98SE too - so i think this is the right thread here… but what was happened?
I´ve configured avast, that there will appear a notice, if avast detect an update on the virus database or the program itself - so it will ask first before downloading… and yesterday it does… nothing special… as many times before…but! this time it want to restart windows to complete the update…
After rebooting the machine - there is no icon in the systemtray - you know…the blue rotating ball… first i don´t notice that…but what i´ve notice was evil! The whole system freezes after some seconds…everytime when i´ve started a program…(Internet Explorer, Firefox, or any other! - they won´t start - only Windows freeze)…
After many reboots (with scandisk) - i´ve try to fix this in the “secure mode” - i don´t know the right english name for that - in germany it call´s “abgesicherter modus”… here i can start the uninstaller and choose the repair option - but this brings no change…so i´ve deinstall avira and look if windows now work…and it does! The problem must be in the latest update of the program…
I´ve setting up an (one week old) image with my system and deactivated the update options in avira - and the system is running perfectly…
I think, this is the same thing what muggles also find out - please check this! Avira is the best virus-scanner i ever had have and this should be so for the future… 
I hope you forgive my bad english and hope you will understand what i mean…here some infos about my system…
AMD Athlon 1Ghz; 385Mb Ram; Windows 98SE + SP1…
Greetings and thank´s for help,
Trixter
I’m watching this thread as I also have Win98SE and use ZAP (4.5.594). I’m going to hold off updating from present version (4.7.844) for awhile.
Hope they can sort this out.
There is a new version of avast (4.7.869) that seems to fix several things.
I would say, give that one a try.
But that’s the version that broke Muggle’s installation!
Since I don’t have my current version (844) saved on disc, I won’t be able to fall back to it if I have to reinstall.
You can usually get previous versions at filehippo.com as a means of getting back to an earlier version.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/
I believe there are other software archive sites.
But that's the version that broke Muggle's installation!Sorry, but you are wrong. This version has been released after he posted his problem
Thanks David,
I downloaded a copy of ver .844. At least I think that’s what I downloaded. The file name doesn’t say it’s ver. 844, but it’s about 500K smaller than the ver. 869. I labeled it as .844 of course.
Eddy,
I reread Muggles post (reply #8 dated ‘today’). He said…
[b]"So the newer version of the exe file or related dll files do cause a lock up in Win98SE. This is on a very clean machine that has had no viruses or spyware on for a very long time.
I do security settings on computers for a living, so know what I am doing when it comes to setting up a computer for the internet."[/b]
I read that as he’s still having trouble and that’s why he’s on an older version.
P.S. I see there’s even newer version now on Avast’s website. Version 4.7.871 dated today (8-8-06). “Corrects fixed malfunctioning of the boot-time scanner under Windows NT/2000 (error “STOP c0000139”)”
Yes, I think it was Vlk who mentioned this fix being released today in another thread, it is however, unrelated to this problem.
Just a single fix for an issue with NT/win2k, for a specific bug that you could probably live without unless you were using either of these OSes.
Version 4.7.871 causes the same problems with Win98SE, the version that works for me is 4.7.844, anything after this up to 4.7871 locks up Win98SE, even with all security off, after a fresh install of Win98SE on a separate drive with nothing else but the newer version of Avast Home Edition, the system locked up, this was with versions after 4.7.844 and up to 4.7.871. So it is not any security settings, it is the program or related files that are causing the lock-up. What exactly has changed after 4.7.884 only Avast know?
I too am a Win 98se user, and am a little concerned with this thread.
Has anyone out there managed to install 4.7.871 on a Win 98se system, without any problems??
I am currently running 4.7.844, and am inclined to stay on this version until I am happy that upgrading is not going to cause me any problems.
Has anyone in the Avast support team tested the latest version on Win 98se??
I am running Win98se with avast v 4.7.871 without any problems!
My dsl connection is connected via a router.
Are you connected by PPPoE?
Perhaps avast is corrupting your PPPoE adapter!