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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: -Genesis- on April 02, 2010, 04:20:23 AM
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I just reformat my other computer then install avast.
I try quick scan. I found a bug Scan bar is 100% on starting scan
I try uninstall it and also use uninstall utility boot from safe mode to completely deleted.
Install avast again still bar is 100% on starting scan.
Anyone has a solution?
Btw this is a fresh format. No security software installed except avast.
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I tried it, and had similar, but not same issue...
First, bar says now 0%, but after scanning large archive / movie / sound / picture folder (it consumes about 20GB) bar says now 100%, but scan continues...
I don't know how this percentage is calculated, but it seems skipped large files mislead calculation.
chubalz, don't you have some large-size directory on your drive root?
And if so, what its name (mine is "Data" directory, maybe started more beginning letter)?
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Similar issue with NON that I noticed a while ago but mine seems worse, if you initiate a context scan of a GB of RAR packed file then cancel it halfway finishing, you'll notice a very high CPU usage of AvastSvc.exe and continually increasing 'til PC restarts.
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Avast Team please fix the bug on scanning.
All my computer here is bug on scanning.
The bar automatically reach to 100% even when starting to scan. Ex: Quick scan.
Im using Avast free 5.0.462
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Yes,same here,status bar goes to 100% about 5 seconds after start of either scan(quick or full) and stays that way for duration of scan.
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nothing special here so far. I just always noticed that the progression bar always showed 100% when there was still about 10%/5% of files left to scan, nothing new. But the bar jumping quickly to 100%, no. This can normally only happen when something isn't scanned (can't be scanned for any reason).
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I've noticed few things:
- quick scan now takes ridiculously longer on same hardware (compared to 1 month ago or so)
- progress bar jumps to 100% after few seconds of scanning and stays there, progress bar graphics are weird as well
Looks like some VPS update or the engine update along with it borked everything.
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@Logos.
Its really bug.
Im using avast free for a year already.
If i click quick scan, full system scan or even manual scan on selected folder which is 30gigs... After 5 or 10sec it will automatically reach BAR 100%.
On Quick Scan After 5secs it reach 100% and the scan still continues to 5minutes on quick scan but the bar is already 100%. Then complete.
I dunno if its on a free version only but you can try it.
This is bug.
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should be again related to OS, just did a full scan and quick scan, both with persistence cache (using and writing), times are as usual, progress bar behavior is normal. On the other hand, I scanned a big *.rar archive, no progress bar shown at all until the scan is over, not even a 100% one. I'm not surprised, although all files inside the archive are scanned (shown in the dialog box), it's still interpreted somehow as just one file by Avast.
edit: OK I see some have this issue on Win7 too, but what can I say, I don't have that bug. I'll check later on another system that has the "free version" installed.
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OK confirming there's an issue with the free version. I did a quick scan on another system (W7 too), and there was no progress bar at all, not even a one hundred % bar when the scan completed, just before giving the result.
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Ok. Tnx for the confirmation.
Actually this bug started on April 1 Asia time.
I noticed on April 2 when i try to quick scan on my fresh format computer.
I was shock only because only few reply to my post yesterday....
So i try to test my other computer but i got same all result.
I think Alwil Team still on Vacation :'(
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Looks like some VPS update or the engine update along with it borked everything.
Yes, even the installation issues that other people are experiencing (repair does not work, firewall or ms outlook plugin does not activate).
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is there any expected time period when this bug will be fixed? i have the same "jumping to 100%" scan bug with avast free on windows 7 x64 home premium.
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Yes, sometimes the progress bar is acting here weird too, but I never had the "100%" issue as discriped here.
Greetz, Red.
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Edited:
I mean repair doesn't fix the scan bug.
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As we know ( from Peter Kurtin ) there is a new release planned for one of these days, but we don't know exactly what will be fixed.
Greetz, Red.
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Yes! Ive read that also from pk...
Its like they will release on Easter Sunday?
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It seems to me that Alwil tends to do releases late on Saturday evening's ( CET ), but your guess is as good as mine ;)
Greetz, Red.
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Same for me , as Logos says , the quick scan started and the progress bar stayed at 0% until the end , i'm on windows 7 .
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Hi folks im using windows 7 home premium and noticed this happening to my avast 5.0.462 Pro..Jamp from 0% to 48% when i ran a full system scan and also the last two times its jamp straight to 100% when scan had just started, Its no big deal as it still scans fine so hopefully should be an easyish fix!!
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I saw this in a boot scan I made, a friend came since he did not have antivirus and I installed avast 5 in his windows vista 32 bits computer and trying to check and returned that computer cleaned I decieded to schedule a boot scan, I did it and it surprised me that the 100% appeared at the beggining of the scan and so it was there till the scan finished.
rm
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I can confirm this now, this morning I did a boot scan and the % is not progressive, it starts in 100% and it stays there like that till the end.
rm
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I confirm that I too with version 5.0.462 I have the same problem, practically and by starting a scan is rapid full system when it comes to 6GB of data scanned the bar goes from 0% to 100%.
I note that with the definitions 100402nd did however always with the current definitions 100403-0 has worked for several hours is worked correctly and now is back to normal
;D ;D ;D
Happy Easter from Italy to the entire board
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No problem on my XP Pro system.
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YoKenny , you don't understand what's the problem , pleas read carefully other people posts .
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Anyone else also getting incredibly slow first time scan (quick or full)? Before it used to do it in few minutes, now it's taking forever...
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I did a full scan today (avast5.0.462, free, XP pro SP3), and noticed the scanner "quickly" hit 100%, but continued to perform the long bulk of the scanning thereafter. I trust the results of the scan, just not the percentage counter.
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Mine did exactly the same, pegged quickly at 100% but continued with the scanning until evidently finished.
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I just finished a boot scan...so I noticed the same problem here...little, but annoying bug.
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This is a little bug indeed :(
When I make the right-click Scan the progress bar goes from 0% to 100% inmediately (and I'm analizing 10Gb of information...) :o
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I agree with everyone else. Besides the scan bar going from 0 to 100%, the amount of time to complete a full scan is taking twice as long or longer on a Full Scan in the Free version. I just completed a Full scan that took 2.5 hours for testing 38.43 GB of data tested.
I have 3 PC's with the Free version, and all are behaving the same way, so I do think this is a bug since it happened after an update as a poster mentioned earlier.
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To me the problem was the bar crawl with the update 100402-0 and 100403-0 while now that there seems to 100403-1 function correctly with regard to the full scan ..
This problem detected on both the PCs that have Avast and using XP Pro SP3
Now for example I'm running a full scan and came to 6GB of data scanned the bar went to 26%
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Same problem I thought a repair would deal with that minor problem but still here hope it will be fix during the next update!
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Yep. I just did a custom scan on Vista, with the free version, and it started with the bar already on 100%. Someone in this thread mentioned that the scan also is taking longer. I didn't notice that. It was approximately the same length of time for a complete custom scan as in the past. The only problem I saw was that the scan bar is messed up.
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Maybe it has something to do with the Fee version ??? Although that would be strange to me too :-\ But like I said, I don't have the "100%" scan bar issue, or longer scan times ( see screenshot ).
Greetz, Red.
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With the upgrade 100404-0 reaches 100% only after 646MB of data scanned, I hope that after the Easter holidays will solve this problem
At this point I'm thinking it's a problem of defining a problem or just software?
(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/1604/46675490.jpg) (http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/1604/46675490.jpg/)
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It's not just a problem with the Free version, I am using the Paid for version and still have this problem, I hope its fixed soon! Just to point out my scans are not taking any longer, Just sround the same time to scan, Around the 30 min mark.
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The problem is very strange because you do not always presented, such hours after restarting the pc Avast is crawling properly with the bar crawl which follows exactly the scanned data
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7844/81144753.jpg)
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Also progress bar looks weir when it's up at 100%.
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I experienced this situation about 3 days ago, but it has not happened
again in the last 2 days. I have not done full scans but only scanned folders
where I download files.
Bo
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this is happening to me right now.
this bug seems to be linked to virus definition update.
AVAST free 5.0.462
(http://i42.tinypic.com/vevuoy.jpg)
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I am having the same problem with the scan bar i did full scan and the progress bar didn't even go to 100% and the scan completed i then did the scan again and which it was on 16% and the data scanned was 86.00gb I CAN CONFIRM this problem is with windows 7 64bit versions all you people may be asking how does he know that well? i have 2 computers the first is a 32 bit vista OS premium that's a desktop and the scan on that worked fined i did the scan 3 times and no problem at all the bar went perfectly to 100% with the amount scanned of 98.00gb the second computer i have is a laptop HP PV6 WINDOWS 7 64BIT and when i did the scan first the bar didn't even go to 100% it stayed at 0% and within 1.86hours the scan was complete the second scan stayed at 16% and the scan amount was 86.00gb. which is currently doing at this time it has been 1.06hours and 16% and the amount scanned now is 86.13gb
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I can confirm the progress bar bug is only with windows 7 64bit OS. you probably thinking how do i know this? well i have 2 computers the first has a vista OS 32bit premium desktop and i did the scan on this computer 3 times and the scan completed with the bar progressing perfectly till it reached 100% this is a full scan and quick and the full again. All 3 scans were done within 1.32hours and scanned 98.00gb the second computer i have is a laptop HP PV6 64bit OS windows 7 when i first did this scan on this laptop the bar didn't even go to 100% it stayed at 0 and the scan was completed within 1.45hours and the amount scanned was 99.39gb the second scan went to 16% and the amount scanned was the same and it completed the scan within 1.16hours one scan was quick and the other was full i am currently doing another full on my laptop
i am using avast 5 free BOTH DESKTOP AND LAPTOP
DESKTOP
VIRUS DEFINITION VERSION - 100404-0
PROGRAM VERSION - 5.0.462
LAPTOP
VIRUS DEFINITION VERSION - 100404-0
PROGRAM VERSION - 5.0.462
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I can confirm the progress bar bug is only with windows 7 64bit OS.
Absolutely NOT!!! i am using windows 7 32 bit on my pc and have this bug with my avast Professional A.V.
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Maybe it has something to do with the Fee version ??? Although that would be strange to me too :-\ But like I said, I don't have the "100%" scan bar issue, or longer scan times ( see screenshot ).
Greetz, Red.
How can you have the speed to 107Mbs? I get up to 40Mbs there is a setting to do? :P
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confirming I now have the progression bar jumping immediately to 100% on explorer context menu scans ::) other types of scan seem spared so far ;D (that's on AIS)
got to edit that: quick scan has it too now ;D
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well sorry your the only 32 bit windows 7 user av seen here complaining about this problem cause i have it on my desktop vista 32 bit and it works fine and WHICH I DID 3 SCANS and when i did 2 scans on my windows 7 64bit laptop and the 3rd one completed now it has the same bug anyways i think it could be a problem with windows 7 can anyone confirm they are having this problem on vista or xp? thanks i might me a newbie here but i am graduate in computer science BSc thats why am being dominate here i might be able to help since i am graduate on the software side. Also i would like to point to out i have been using avast 4.8 for nearly 3 years so ye i have experience with avast software
thank you all
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i did 2 scans on my windows 7 64bit laptop
:-X :-X 8)
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well sorry your the only 32 bit windows 7 user av seen here complaining about this problem cause i have it on my desktop vista 32 bit and it works fine and WHICH I DID 3 SCANS and when i did 2 scans on my windows 7 64bit laptop and the 3rd one completed now it has the same bug anyways i think it could be a problem with windows 7 can anyone confirm they are having this problem on vista or xp? thanks i might me a newbie here but i am graduate in computer science BSc thats why am being dominate here i might be able to help since i am graduate on the software side. Also i would like to point to out i have been using avast 4.8 for nearly 3 years so ye i have experience with avast software
thank you all
I guess you missed my earlier post in this thread. I have Vista Ultimate 32bit and the bar STARTS at 100%. Please don't assume that just because YOU don't have a problem with this on 32bit that others don't. I didn't mention whether I had 32bit or 64, but generally when someone does NOT mention that it means they have STANDARD, which is currently 32bit, and they mention only when they have the newer, less used, 64bit especially if they have XP or Vista. (I also have a copy of Vista Ultimate 64bit but I have never used it).
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well sorry your the only 32 bit windows 7 user av seen here complaining about this problem cause i have it on my desktop vista 32 bit and it works fine and WHICH I DID 3 SCANS and when i did 2 scans on my windows 7 64bit laptop and the 3rd one completed now it has the same bug anyways i think it could be a problem with windows 7 can anyone confirm they are having this problem on vista or xp? thanks i might me a newbie here but i am graduate in computer science BSc thats why am being dominate here i might be able to help since i am graduate on the software side. Also i would like to point to out i have been using avast 4.8 for nearly 3 years so ye i have experience with avast software
thank you all
So you are calling me a liar? i should know whats happening with my avast 5.0.462 on my windows 7 home premium 32 bit system, So please do not patronise me with your weak comments on how long you are an avast customer for i have been using avast much longer than you may think, And i suggest you read everyones posts here for further information about this bug before giving out FALSE statements saying that its just doing it on 64 bit systems because im afraid to tell you its not,back to the drawing board for you avast fan 2!!
And thanks Mele20 i agree with what you have said :)
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AvastFan2, I think you need to read the complete thread prior to posting. Thank you to everyone for posting their problems. The more details Avast knows about the problem, it will help.
Hopefully Avast will address this issue with their next update after their holiday break.
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Boys, don't fight please.
Although some of us don't have the reported problem, it seems that by far the majority of users have it. So apparently there is a problem that needs to be addressed !
Greetz, Red.
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there is a problem but its a little one that they can fix
i have it on a
xp 32 bit free
vista 32bit free
windows 7 32 bit free
windows 7 64 bit pro
the windows 7 64 bit and it has the paid version in it seems to only jump to 40 or 50 percent i forget did a scan last Thursday
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funny, I didn't have this progression bar issue (on AIS) when this thread was posted - had it on another system with "free" - then I had it on AIS yesterday, and no more today...
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I have AIS installed on windows 7 home premium 64 bit.I performed a full systemscan today on a 250gig laptop hard drive.Only about 30 gig is used.Anyway the bar stayed at zero for the first 21 gigs ,then jumped to 75%.The scan then finished at around thirty gig with the bar not moving any further.Using the quick scan it indeed jumps straight to 100%.Also quick scan shows scan speed of about 28mb/sec whereas complete system scan is starts at up to 300 and then gradually falls to 28mb/sec after approx 10 mins.Somethings very screwy.
m
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Thank you guys for sharing your problem on this thread.
Im still having a glitch on progress bar. Still jumps to 100% on 5-10secs on all my 8 Computers. :'(
Im sure Alwil team is trying to fix this issues. :)
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You are welcome chubalz, I noticed this minor problem around the start of april so i thought id give it a few days then i thought its got to be a known issue on this forum, I dont visit here that often, Anyway low and behold when i visited here there was this thread so i thought id post whats happening with me just to confirm to others that it is a known problem,and to help alwil team.Avast fan 2 calling me a liar basically which is just crazy if you ask me, I would not post on here if i was not experiencing the same bug as you guys!!
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I have this bug too. It didn't occur when I first installed the software, could be down to a faulty update somewhere.
Using Windows XP SP3 32 bit. ;)
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Im pretty sure its on March 31 or April 1 (Asia Time) the bug started.
And obviously this was caused by the Virus Definitions Updates on that day.. until now updates still causing glitch on scanning.......
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Yeah and mines is now jumping to 23% then stays like that for the duration of a full system scan...
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I also have this problem. I'm using Windows 7 Pro x64 with Avast Free 5.0.462 (100405-1).
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After after the Virus definitions version: 100406-0 update I see the Quick scan slowly progress to to 100% on my Win7 system and I will try it soon on my XP Pro system.
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Confirming !
The scan bar is performing as it should , after the update : 100406-0 .
System : Windows 7 (32 bit)
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Confirming !
The scan bar is performing as it should , after the update : 100406-0 .
+1
Vista HP SP2 32bit
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On my server. Its ok now. Tried to scan its doing good. :)
Will try my other clients.
Later update the result.
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It seems that with the latest update the problem has been solved! free laptop just the way we feel the outcome of two computers
:D
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yep, I just did a quick scan on xp pro sp3 and all is well, yesterday it was at 100%, today it went just fine after the update.
robin
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Yep i also am confirming that on my windows 7 32 bit that this progress bar seems to be working as it should once again!! :)
Update; Current version:100406-1 :)
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Thanks, and sorry for the trouble.
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Yes indeed, running fine again... :o 8)
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Confirm!
All my clients is doing the scan as way it is.
Tnx Vlk.
Its about nearly 6 days before the bug was fixed ::)