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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: REDACTED on September 16, 2015, 11:36:05 PM

Title: why avast block nvidia driver downloads?
Post by: REDACTED on September 16, 2015, 11:36:05 PM
Been wanting to ask this for a while but too lazy :P
When I download nvidia driver, the download always just "hangs" at 99%, no error message whatsoever. But if I disable avast anti-virus and restart the download it will be able to finish fine. This has been going on for like a year maybe longer how come no one reported it?...
Title: Re: why avast block nvidia driver downloads?
Post by: Asyn on September 20, 2015, 09:10:57 AM
- Which Avast..? (Free/Pro/IS/Premier)
- Which version..?
- OS..? (32/64 Bit..? - which SP..?)
- Other security related software installed..?
- Which AV(s) did you use before Avast..?
Title: Re: why avast block nvidia driver downloads?
Post by: REDACTED on September 22, 2015, 04:55:25 PM
Avast Free anti-virus v10.3.2225 when I downloaded nvidia driver a couple days ago but this been happening for like 1 year+ for me so..... quite a few versions.

Not just nvidia driver as well, a few month ago when I tried to download Java JDK it stopped at 99% and couldn't finish. I had to disable avast and restart from beginning to get the file.

Happened on both my Win 7 SP1 64bit desktop and my win 8 64bit laptop.

Comodo firewall is the only other security software installed.

Always been using Avast, well at least for the past few years.
Title: Re: why avast block nvidia driver downloads?
Post by: Asyn on September 23, 2015, 07:36:44 AM
Update to the latest version (10.4.2233): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=176600.0
Title: Re: why avast block nvidia driver downloads?
Post by: REDACTED on February 24, 2016, 12:18:38 AM
sorry to bump this topic but this is still not fixed...
i just tried to download latest JDK (8u74) and stopped at 99%.
I had to stop all avast shields and RESTART the downloads from beginning....
Wasted bandwidth thanks to Avast...

avast 11.1.2253
Title: Re: why avast block nvidia driver downloads?
Post by: Eddy on February 24, 2016, 12:34:36 AM
1]
Yes, the problem that the OP reported has been fixed.

2]
The JDK is from Sun, not from NVidia.

3]
The JDK is not a driver.

4]
I just tested things and there was not a problem at all while downloading the JDK.