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Offline George Yves

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AvastSvc has been stopped
« on: February 27, 2011, 10:22:29 AM »
Any time I want to do a scan (quick, full or others) in Avast Free Antivirus 6.0.1000, I got a message from my OS (Vista Home Basic SP2 32-bit) that AvastSvc has been stopped. When I try to redo the scan it runs and finishes successfully. Could anybody say why it stops and what should I do with my Avast?


Update:
The problem has been resolved by complete Avast re-installation.
« Last Edit: February 27, 2011, 01:09:22 PM by George Yves »
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2011, 07:54:15 PM »
Everything was in vain!  :(

After the re-installation all kinds of scanning worked fine but when I planned quick and full scans, every of them were interrupted by the same message: "avast! Service was stopped and turned off."
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2011, 06:47:40 PM »
I still can't run quick, full and screensaver scans. Scans start but some time later they are interrupted and the message again says that avast! Service was stopped and turned off. Other scans work fine. What should I do?
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2011, 07:27:46 PM »
I still can't run quick, full and screensaver scans. Scans start but some time later they are interrupted and the message again says that avast! Service was stopped and turned off. Other scans work fine. What should I do?
An installation from scratch of the version 6 suggestion mine is :)
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2011, 08:41:44 PM »
An installation from scratch of the version 6 suggestion mine is :)
It was done twice with no effect.
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2011, 08:44:38 PM »
Did you use the uninstall tool to remove old version 5 and even version 6 leftovers?
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2011, 10:27:06 PM »
Did you use the uninstall tool to remove old version 5 and even version 6 leftovers?
Yes.
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2011, 10:37:32 PM »
Strange...
Any other security program that could be interfering?
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2011, 10:43:02 PM »
I have SpywareTerminator 2.8.2 and Windows Defender. But I think the problem is somewhere in OS, not in another security programs - I use them for years and there were no interference between them and Avast 4 and 5.
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2011, 11:20:33 PM »
SpywareTerminator... Hmmm... Did you try uninstalling it?
Are you really sure that you're improving detection having avast and ST running at the same time?
For me, it's overkilling or lose of resources...
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2011, 11:24:24 PM »
There are several users with Vista Home Basic SP2 32-bit and they have no problem.

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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2011, 03:07:35 PM »
SpywareTerminator... Hmmm... Did you try uninstalling it?
Are you really sure that you're improving detection having avast and ST running at the same time?
For me, it's overkilling or lose of resources...
It's a strange question. Why should I uninstall SpywareTerminator? And what about other anti-spyware, like Superantispyware or MBAM? I didn't see any posts saying that they should be uninstalled.
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2011, 04:45:15 PM »
It's a strange question. Why should I uninstall SpywareTerminator? And what about other anti-spyware, like Superantispyware or MBAM? I didn't see any posts saying that they should be uninstalled.
ST has a resident module.
Super and MBAM (free versions) have only on demand scannings.
That's the point of my question.

Also, check http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=72873.msg606841#msg606841
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2011, 08:47:34 PM »
ST has a resident module.
Super and MBAM (free versions) have only on demand scannings.
That's the point of my question.
ST has and had a resident module like paid versions of SAS and MBAM. When Avast was in versions 4 and 5, everything worked excellent. What has been changed in Avast 6 that ST should be removed?

And I am not sure in Avast's anti-spyware capabilities. I believe that a separate anti-spyware program with the resident module is necessary if you run Avast Free.

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Also, check http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=72873.msg606841#msg606841
Complete rubbish. ST has no antivirus: it can be integrated with ClamWin Antivirus but only if users want to integrate them. And Crawler toolbar is optional like WOT or WebRep.

To tell the truth I think that Avast developers did some changes in Avast 6 that now interfere with ST and it's not ST's fault. Something should be fixed in the next version of Avast to restore full compatibility with ST.
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Re: AvastSvc has been stopped
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2011, 02:18:17 AM »
What has been changed in Avast 6 that ST should be removed?
George, I'm asking you to do a test, not to definitively get rid of ST.

Complete rubbish. ST has no antivirus: it can be integrated with ClamWin Antivirus but only if users want to integrate them. And Crawler toolbar is optional like WOT or WebRep.
Well, the user explained it a little bad... But ClamWin could have its impact with avast...

It's not ST's fault.
Nobody is saying that.
But when we have a conflict... Both need to help and both need to be tested.
Does ST have a forum or support?
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