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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: sandy55 on August 31, 2019, 02:20:59 AM

Title: popup from Avast activating advanced security features been running on and on
Post by: sandy55 on August 31, 2019, 02:20:59 AM

so the pop up says it is activating advanced security features
do not turn off your computer....
it has been running half an hour so far
should it take this long?
or is it stuck?

Title: Re: popup from Avast activating advanced security features been running on and on
Post by: schmidthouse on August 31, 2019, 02:32:28 AM

Quote from: sandy55 on August 31, 2019, 02:20:59 AM

so the pop up says it is activating advanced security features
do not turn off your computer....
it has been running half an hour so far
should it take this long?
or is it stuck?

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Title: Re: popup from Avast activating advanced security features been running on and on
Post by: sandy55 on August 31, 2019, 02:38:44 AM

thanks

Title: Re: popup from Avast activating advanced security features been running on and on
Post by: schmidthouse on August 31, 2019, 02:40:03 AM

You're welcome. :)

Title: Re: popup from Avast activating advanced security features been running on and on
Post by: nickajp on September 21, 2019, 03:39:14 PM

I had this same problem.  Here is how I solved it.
First, shut down the popup by clicking the 'X'.
Then, open your Avast Premium Security.  You should see a green Update button.  Click that to install the update that the popup was trying to do.  It will only take a couple of minutes.  Then Restart your computer.  After the restart, you should no longer see the 'Avast activating advanced security features' popup.