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Offline DavidR

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2011, 02:10:36 PM »
Whilst the time period where my wifi icon displayed the exclamation mart was short and disappeared when I hovered over it.

I applied this workaround and rebooted my netbook and first I had the Red x (normal whilst initialising I believe), but then went straight to full bars no yellow exclamation mark.

@DavidR,

Isn't that almost the same as before for you? I mean, the final effect or consequence is that you regain your connection after several seconds, with this new ignored IP address or before you added it. So, *effectively*, almost no difference. Or maybe I missed something here?

No it isn't nearly the same.

I had a period where the yellow exclamation mark was there and would stay that way unless/until I did something about it, e.g. hovered my mouse over it before I could open it to check the connection the yellow exclamation mark would go. That would only be short as I twigged I needed to do something about it.

After the work around I don't get any period where the yellow exclamation mark is displayed.
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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2011, 02:23:45 PM »
No it isn't nearly the same.

When you say you needed to hover the tray icon to restore normal connection, was this action:

A_ needed just once?
B_ needed once after every boot?
C_ needed more than once per boot (like after Avast update for example)?

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2011, 02:40:11 PM »
I generally don't report things that happen 'once.'
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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #18 on: September 08, 2011, 03:01:33 PM »
I generally don't report things that happen 'once.'

OK, thank you for clarifying that. I know you wouldn't report something that happened only once, but in this case you answered / contributed to someone else with your own experience, so it might have been such a case. I wasn't sure (or didn't understand it clearly). That's the reason I asked.

Options "B" and "C" are not "that much" acceptable for a permanent use.

Again, thank you.

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #19 on: September 08, 2011, 04:04:35 PM »
Same problem, I'm Vietnamese :


« Last Edit: September 08, 2011, 04:22:39 PM by kimlongwon »

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #20 on: September 08, 2011, 09:02:43 PM »
Hi Guys,
we are trying to reproduce this problem here, and we were somewhat successful, although it happens only once in 20 to 30 times (reboots/reconnects) here. The yellow mark usually disappears after a few minutes.

Could you please try to enter the following IP address into the "Ignored addresses" box on the Troubleshooting / Redirect settings tab. This is the address of www.msftncsi.com, where Microsoft tries to connect while detecting the Internet availability. It seems MS doesn't like us to interfere here.

 - Open Avast main GUI
 - Click Settings
 - Choose Troubleshooting
 - open Redirect Settings bar
 - Find Web - "Ignored addresses" box
 - Enter the following IP: 213.199.181.90
 - Click OK and restart.

Thanks.


The workaround doesn't work if I unchecked "Scan traffic from well-known browser processes only" 

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #21 on: September 09, 2011, 08:19:22 AM »
once in 20-30? here it is on every boot up and every time it comes back from sleep etc...on multiple pc's. it may only last a few minutes but its ANNOYING and should not be like that

posted work around does not work still i have to have the box checked or no good.

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #22 on: September 09, 2011, 12:01:16 PM »
thanks zfactor.

It seems that the changes we have done in WebShield has no connection with your problem. Must be something else.

Edit: as I can see your problem is not new with this version at all. With avast uninstalled it goes away? What is your avast edition? (AIS/Pro/Free) ?
« Last Edit: September 09, 2011, 12:06:43 PM by lukor »

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #23 on: September 09, 2011, 02:09:19 PM »
Hi, today I was able, after some connecting and disconnecting of networks to reproduce the issue here on my laptop with Windows7 64bit + Wifi. However it has currently no avast version installed. So I guess it does not help much, yet the exclamation mark is there.

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #24 on: September 09, 2011, 03:03:56 PM »
Hi, today I was able, after some connecting and disconnecting of networks to reproduce the issue here on my laptop with Windows7 64bit + Wifi. However it has currently no avast version installed. So I guess it does not help much, yet the exclamation mark is there.

According to the reports, this is a recurrent behaviour, not a one time thing. I guess there is a reason why users are relating this problem to Avast, so there is a need to keep looking and reporting.

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #25 on: September 10, 2011, 05:01:11 AM »
WITHOUT avast problem is gone 100% it started the the first beta after the 1203 version (i think) and even with the final version still happens. when i uninstall avast problem gone..win7 x64 as well as win7 x86 tested on both

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #26 on: September 10, 2011, 05:59:55 AM »
I have about 10 reboots on the IP: 213.199.181.90 exclusion, and all came back good. No exclamation mark here, but to be fair, I didn't have any after I checked the "only well known browsers" setting in the Web Shield, so I'm not sure which one fixed it, but so far, so good.

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #27 on: September 10, 2011, 06:08:32 AM »
same here  :'(
the yellow exclamation mark on wireless tray icon or wired tray icon is reproducible when "Scan traffic from well-known browser processes only" is unmarked.
This is also reproducible in windows vista no earth globe on the tray icon.  
 
 
« Last Edit: September 10, 2011, 06:13:27 AM by donbt09 »

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #28 on: September 10, 2011, 08:31:34 AM »
I have about 10 reboots on the IP: 213.199.181.90 exclusion, and all came back good. No exclamation mark here, but to be fair, I didn't have any after I checked the "only well known browsers" setting in the Web Shield, so I'm not sure which one fixed it, but so far, so good.

Not sure I understand. When you put the IP address to the exclusion list, did you uncheck the "only well-known browsers" or not?

The IP address exclusion was supposed to help even if it the box stays unchecked (which is the recommended configuration).

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Re: 6.0.1289: Yellow exclamation mark on the wireless tray icon
« Reply #29 on: September 10, 2011, 09:00:30 AM »
Sorry for the confusion. I currently have both recommended fixes enabled. The IP fix, and the "Well known browser" fix too. Since I posted earlier, I have rebooted about 8 more times with both fixes enabled, and I have not seen one yellow! on my taskbar. So far, so good Vlk.