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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: REDACTED on March 21, 2017, 09:23:23 PM

Title: Latest Avast update blocking Windows applications solved (for me, anyway)!
Post by: REDACTED on March 21, 2017, 09:23:23 PM: A big "duh" on this one! I had been excluding applications like cleanmgr, Task Manager, etc. one-by-one (those I could find, anyway) in the Behavior Shield and File System Shield and, but Avast was blocking many more, including IE (which didn't respond to the exclusion), so instead in both these shields I checked the entire Program Files folder (x86, too) and the entire Windows folder (and I made sure that the System 32 folder was checked!). Now all are working. I haven't checked on the black screen at boot-up yet, but I will at next boot-up.

Hopefully this fix will work for others with the same issues.

My only concern is if I'm in any potential danger from all these exclusions.

I tried a boot-up and the black screen is gone. However, something strange happened--the computer froze up (couldn't access Avast or load web pages), so I powered it off and re-booted. Any ideas what happened?

In the meantime, I've gotten paranoid and undid all the changes. Hopefully Avast will come up with a permanent fix.
Title: Re: Latest Avast update blocking Windows applications solved (for me, anyway)!
Post by: REDACTED on March 22, 2017, 12:51:08 AM: I too have the same issue and ended up uninstalling my avast pro antivirus. There is a definite issue caused by this latest update (17.2.2288). I am on Windows 10 with a 64 bit laptop. I had no issues with the previous version and would love to just got back to that - I cannot find an archived version :-\
Title: Re: Latest Avast update blocking Windows applications solved (for me, anyway)!
Post by: REDACTED on March 22, 2017, 12:55:14 AM: I hope they're working on a fix.
Title: Re: Latest Avast update blocking Windows applications solved (for me, anyway)!
Post by: bob3160 on March 22, 2017, 01:02:11 AM: Quote from: MsAnnie256 on March 22, 2017, 12:51:08 AM
I too have the same issue and ended up uninstalling my avast pro antivirus. There is a definite issue caused by this latest update (17.2.2288). I am on Windows 10 with a 64 bit laptop. I had no issues with the previous version and would love to just got back to that - I cannot find an archived version :-\
You'll find older version of Avast here:
http://orbitaldownloads.com/avast-antivirus/ (http://orbitaldownloads.com/avast-antivirus/)
After you've downloaded the program, go Off Line, install the older version of Avast.
Open Settings > Update and turn off Auto Update:
(http://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1490140693143-14148.png)
Select either Ask when an update is available or Manual update. Click on OK
Reboot the system and go back on-line.