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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: WebMaximus on July 14, 2008, 05:37:37 PM
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Hi,
I'm about to switch over from Vista 32-bit -> Vista 64-bit, is there a special 64-bit version of Avast! I should download or can I use the Avast! setup file I already have for my old Vista 32-bit?
Thanks in advance!
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avast only shows one version of the free home edition
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OK, and does that mean that version works with Vista 64-bit?
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yes, avast! is fully compatible with 64bit-versions of windows - you only have to resign the startup virus scan... (desn't (yet ???) work with 64bit versions)...
i use avast! myself on a 64bit version of vista ultimate and it works as perfect as under the 32bit version 8)
yours
onlysomeone
EDIT: there's only one installation file for 32 and 64bit ;)
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OK, thanks alot for the info!
About the startup scan you need to disable when running 64-bit, is any work done to solve that problem because isn't the startup scan quite important for rootkits?
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sry, thats my fault, i didn't mean the scan for rootkits at startup, i mean the scan before windows is started - also called boot-time-scan...
and you don't need to deactivate it, you just can't activate it - this scan is usually not necessary, the normal manual system scan is quiet the same...
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No problem mate, it was just me assuming it was the rootkik scan you were referring to since I had read in another thread about someone else who had problem with Avast! in 64-bit Vista and was told to disable the rootkik scan.
Great news I can continue to use Avast! after switching over to 64-bit :)