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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Vlk on March 30, 2007, 02:36:47 PM
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The new version has now been officially released as v4.7.981. The beta program is now closed. Thanks to anyone who helped testing this release.
BTW, to switch from the beta to the official release version, simply invoke Program Update from within the avast GUI.
Hi again,
as promised, here's the new (pre-release) version of the upcoming update of avast! Home/Professional. The version is currently labeled as 4.7.971 (Edit April 11th: now 4.7.979).
How to install it (for starters - most people already know this trick anyway ): simply download and run the following program: link removed. That's about all it takes (provided you have the latest version of avast Home/Pro already installed, of course).
There is a number of fixes in this release. Here's the list of most important changes:
- fixed extra-long duration of the boot-time scan under Windows Vista
- WebShield: improved compatibility with Windows Vista (for details see here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=27037.0)
- WebShield: better support for HTTP method CONNECT in upstream proxy scenarios
- fixed a minor memory leak in aswrdr.sys
- auto-updates now use much less CPU resources (should not interfere with other CPU-intensive programs running on the computer, e.g. games)
- added a new unpacker: "installers"; useful especially for detection of droppers
- Outlook/Exchange provider: improved compatibility with Outlook 2007
- boot-time scanner: fix for the case when there's the /NOGUIBOOT option in boot.ini
- fixed a problem in Standard Shield under Windows Vista related to saving of Word 2007 documents on FAT partitions
- email alerts now use correct formatting even for non-Latin characters
- fixed a rare problem in Standard Shield related to handling of disk volumes mounted to NTFS directories
- further enhancements in executable unpackers
- fixed a bug in ZOO unpacker (special thanks to Jean-Sébastien Guay-Leroux)
- task scheduler: it's now possible to specify which days of week the task should run
- command-line scanner (ashCmd.exe) now supports a couple of more command-line options, mostly related to handling of infected files
- added Macedonian, Croatian and Portuguese (not Brazil) language packs
Any comments on this release are very welcome and appreciated!
Thanks
Vlk[/size]
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Hi again,
as promised, here's the new (pre-release) version of the upcoming update of avast! Home/Professional. The version is currently labeled as 4.7.971.
How to install it (for starters - most people already know this trick anyway ): simply download and run the following program: http://files.avast.com/files/beta/aswbeta.exe. That's about all it takes (provided you have the latest version of avast Home/Pro already installed, of course).
There is a number of fixes in this release. Here's the list of most important changes:
- fixed extra-long duration of the boot-time scan under Windows Vista
- WebShield: improved compatibility with Windows Vista (for details see here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=27037.0)
- WebShield: better support for HTTP method CONNECT in upstream proxy scenarios
- fixed a minor memory leak in aswrdr.sys
- auto-updates now use much less CPU resources (should not interfere with other CPU-intensive programs running on the computer, e.g. games)
- added a new unpacker: "installers"; useful especially for detection of droppers
- Outlook/Exchange provider: improved compatibility with Outlook 2007
- boot-time scanner: fix for the case when there's the /NOGUIBOOT option in boot.ini
- fixed a problem in Standard Shield under Windows Vista related to saving of Word 2007 documents on FAT partitions
- email alerts now use correct formatting even for non-Latin characters
- fixed a rare problem in Standard Shield related to handling of disk volumes mounted to NTFS directories
- further enhancements in executable unpackers
- fixed a bug in ZOO unpacker (special thanks to Jean-Sébastien Guay-Leroux)
- task scheduler: it's now possible to specify which days of week the task should run
- command-line scanner (ashCmd.exe) now supports a couple of more command-line options, mostly related to handling of infected files
- added Macedonian, Croatian and Portuguese (not Brazil) language packs
Any comments on this release are very welcome and appreciated!
Thanks
Vlk
Hello.
I have a suggestion: To improve desing of the alert window update, better the interface and the beauty. One asks:
When the interface and the beauty of avast will be modified?
When will be launched version 5.0?
Avast is best.
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I'm downloading it now on dial-up I expect to be here for a while ;D
I notice the one about email alerts bullet point, I have been trying to help someone with SMTP Alerts and neither he or I can get it to work, so I'm clutching at straws that this might have an effect though I doubt it as it seems unrelated to the problem.
I would appreciate it if you could take a look at this post, http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=13623.msg223407#msg223407 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=13623.msg223407#msg223407) whilst I watch some paint dry wait for the beta download to complete.
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task scheduler: it's now possible to specify which days of week the task should run
Thanks. Very welcome.
command-line scanner (ashCmd.exe) now supports a couple of more command-line options, mostly related to handling of infected files
Wouldn't this be possible for the Home/Pro version?
It's strange and weird when the user cannot manage (delete/move/etc.) a file inside of an archive. People think that avast cannot handle them, the computer is infected, etc. Other problem is that we continue receive a virus message and the file cannot be processed by avast.
It's a pity.[/list]
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Downloading now will run a bootscan tomorrow
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New beta? HURRAY...will download and test it right away!
When will be launched version 5.0?
When it's ready... ;D
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It seems to run well on my machine ;)
May I ask what is this the beta of ? Is it an early 4.8 ?
Thanks
Al968
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Just some fixes (problems previously covered in the forums and solutions found) and improvements listed above being given a run out as a beta prior to general release as a program update.
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just ran a boot time scan with the beta patch, the time problem I had with vista seems to have been fixed.
thanks guys, and nice and quick coming out with the patch, looking forward to the proper release.
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Just installed on Vista Business and it seems that Vista is now more responsive. Good job guys and thanks for the update.
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Installed and rebooted, wouldn't go past the login "welcome" box.
Rebooted and this time I could login, but none of the avast providers/shields/scanners was running.
Restarted the avast service and all the providers started up again.
This is from the Windows event viewer, under the Antivirus section:
Error: 31-03-2007 11:05:15
AAVM - initialization error: AavmStart: avworkInitialize failed, 00000002.
id: 90
Information: 31-03-2007 11:05:15
aswServ::AavmStart ERROR...
id: 90
And this is from Error.log in C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\log
31-03-2007 11:05:15 1175331915 SYSTEM 2104 AAVM - initialization error: AavmStart: avworkInitialize failed, 00000002.
And this is from Warning.log in C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\log
31-03-2007 11:05:15 1175331915 SYSTEM 2104 aswServ::AavmStart ERROR...
Running Windows Vista Buisness Danish.
Don't know if this is a unique case, but there you have it.
*Update*
32 bit btw.
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Works great on Vista Home Premium x86. So far no issues. I just missed the progress bars while updating it to beta version on Vista :(
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Works great on Vista Home Premium x86. So far no issues. I just missed the progress bars while updating it to beta version on Vista :(
Forget to mention this... On XP SP2 it worked once, another failed. The bars did not appear when I tried, yesterday, an installation on 2k SP4.
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Downloaded, installed, scanned, worked. Nuff said ;D
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I have tons of these errors in my event log (Vista Businees 32bit on Thinkpad), and I had them with the previous version of avast, too:
AAVM - scanning error: FATAL: GetQueuedCompletionStatus failed!!!!!, 00000006.
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Downloaded and installed with no problems. Thanks.
Can someone please point me to the Task Scheduler. The dummy here can't find it.
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What is it your trying to do ?
What version of avast are you using Home or Pro ?
It isn't in the Home version unless you are talking about windows Task Scheduler.
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I have tons of these errors in my event log (Vista Businees 32bit on Thinkpad), and I had them with the previous version of avast, too:
AAVM - scanning error: FATAL: GetQueuedCompletionStatus failed!!!!!, 00000006.
According to vlk you can just ignore those error messages
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=26527.msg218040#msg218040
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What is it your trying to do ?
What version of avast are you using Home or Pro ?
It isn't in the Home version unless you are talking about windows Task Scheduler.
I thought the beta of Home had a Virus Scan scheduler built in. Thanks for the reply.
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Vlk, last time you mentioned that Armadillo unpacker will be available in this update (or it's not major enough?). And what are the additional unpackers? Yeah, i know, i'm very curious ;D
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@ jadinolf
No only in the Pro version though there is a work around.
Check this work around out - HOWTO: Scheduled Automatic Scans avast! Home Version! (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3796.0)
The major disadvantage with the task scheduler trick of using ashquick.exe is, it will scan every file of the hdd, partition, folder or file that you set it to scan; even those files not considered a potential threat, this can take a long time. It is possible to add certain folders to the exclusions list for say your media files, etc. This could leave you vulnerable if that folder got infected as it wouldn't be scanned by the on-demand scanner as you have excluded it.
The Pro version gives a lot more flexibility and the scan would follow the settings and exclusions, etc. of the regular scan.
With the different levels of protection of and the fall back of the Standard Shield, I find the need for daily scheduled scans lessened. I prefer to do a manual scan with my regular weekly maintenance tasks.
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@ jadinolf
No only in the Pro version though there is a work around.
Check this work around out - HOWTO: Scheduled Automatic Scans avast! Home Version! (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3796.0)
The major disadvantage with the task scheduler trick of using ashquick.exe is, it will scan every file of the hdd, partition, folder or file that you set it to scan; even those files not considered a potential threat, this can take a long time. It is possible to add certain folders to the exclusions list for say your media files, etc. This could leave you vulnerable if that folder got infected as it wouldn't be scanned by the on-demand scanner as you have excluded it.
The Pro version gives a lot more flexibility and the scan would follow the settings and exclusions, etc. of the regular scan.
With the different levels of protection of and the fall back of the Standard Shield, I find the need for daily scheduled scans lessened. I prefer to do a manual scan with my regular weekly maintenance tasks.
Thanks for that, DavidR :)
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Your welcome.
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Vlk, last time you mentioned that Armadillo unpacker will be available in this update (or it's not major enough?). And what are the additional unpackers? Yeah, i know, i'm very curious ;D
I'm afraid the Armadillo unpacker won't make it into this build. I've already received the source code from a developper, but I didn't have time to integrate it into avast! yet (it won't be exactly easy). But it seems that the number of Armadillo packed malware decreased in the last months; some new packers are getting used more frequently.
Regarding the new packers... some Chinese packers, pretty common these days, have been included. With the "Installer" packer, avast! unpacks Wise installers and also looks for embedded executables (common in various droppers). More to come, hopefully (and I'll also do my best to include Armadillo finally).
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Downloaded and installed without a hitch. Had to reboot my machine twice to complete, but then it worked fine. So far so good, no errors yet. :D Scan throughput seems good, negligible impact on system resources while performing other operations. Ashserv and Aswebserv look good in Wintop, very little CPU usage on a minimal test machine, P MMX@ 233Mhz, 144Mb RAM, 2.58G HDD, circa 1997!
Thanks ALWIL.
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Thanks for the info igor :)
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I thought the beta of Home had a Virus Scan scheduler built in. Thanks for the reply.
No, it hasn't. Only the Pro version allows scheduling as David said.
Vlk or Igor, what should the XP SP2 users test on this beta phase?
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I thought the beta of Home had a Virus Scan scheduler built in. Thanks for the reply.
No, it hasn't. Only the Pro version allows scheduling as David said.
Vlk or Igor, what should the XP SP2 users test on this beta phase?
This why I asked (from the original post):
task scheduler: it's now possible to specify which days of week the task should run
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Beta is working fabulous so far.
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Beta is working fabulous so far.
No problems here. :)
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Beta is working fabulous so far.
No problems here. :)
Working just fine here also!
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I am having huge problems with this build, hanging at "Welcome" right after I typed in my password, requires a hard-reset for me to login.
Nothing interesting in logs though, gonna uninstall Avast completely to make sure if it is the one causing the problems.
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Everything fine but why don't you guys add "Virus Chest" access to "a" ball right click menu? It's so annyoing to have icon on desktop for it or to run simple interface first and then chest. This is the easiest thing to do compared to complex unpackers and decryptors and many of us would really like to see it. It has been requested many times and still nothing.
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I would second that and pipe in for the Virus Database to be available without having to go through the simple user interface, I haven't been able to find a way to create a desktop shortcut like you can for ashChest.exe.
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One option that would be realy useful would be an addition on the context menu when you right click a file, like the "scan (and the name of the selected file)" exept that this would add the file to the chest.
It would make submitting file a lot easier ;)
Al968
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Downloaded and installed on both my XP SP2 (pro) and my daughter's old Win98se (home), with no problems on either; both working great!
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I would second that and pipe in for the Virus Database to be available without having to go through the simple user interface, I haven't been able to find a way to create a desktop shortcut like you can for ashChest.exe.
David, do you mean what I've posted in the screenshot?
Indeed, there isn't a way to get into it by a link...
It would make submitting file a lot easier ;)
I would ask for a cascaded menu (as winzip, or 7-zip, or IZArc, etc., there are other applications with cascaded menu... it's not that difficult).
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Vlk or Igor, what should the XP SP2 users test on this beta phase?
Don't know about anything in particular... so I guess just the usual things you normally do (with avast!) ;)
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Had to reboot my machine twice to complete, but then it worked fine. So far so good, no errors yet. :D Scan throughput seems good, negligible impact on system resources while performing other operations. Ashserv and Aswebserv look good in Wintop, very little CPU usage on a minimal test machine, P MMX@ 233Mhz, 144Mb RAM, 2.58G HDD, circa 1997!
Why twice? What happened after the first reboot?
Btw, what's this "Windows 98 Millennium Edition" in your signature? So it is Win98, or WinME? ;)
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I am having huge problems with this build, hanging at "Welcome" right after I typed in my password, requires a hard-reset for me to login.
Nothing interesting in logs though, gonna uninstall Avast completely to make sure if it is the one causing the problems.
That's really strange. The previous build of avast! was working without any problems?
Do you have any other low-level programs installed? (firewall, anti-spyware, ...)
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This is from the Windows event viewer, under the Antivirus section:
Error: 31-03-2007 11:05:15
AAVM - initialization error: AavmStart: avworkInitialize failed, 00000002.
id: 90
Did the on-demand scanners (Simple User Interface, Explorer Extensions) work correctly (after you managed to log in)?
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That's really strange. The previous build of avast! was working without any problems?
Do you have any other low-level programs installed? (firewall, anti-spyware, ...)
Yep and today I uninstalled Avast completely, no problems. Then installed the 942 build and still no problems. Gonna try out the beta build later today again and see what happens.
Using Windows Vista firewall and Windows Defender, nothing else.
Did the on-demand scanners (Simple User Interface, Explorer Extensions) work correctly (after you managed to log in)?
Didn't check, will do next time, if the bug appears again.
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David, do you mean what I've posted in the screenshot?
Indeed, there isn't a way to get into it by a link...
I would ask for a cascaded menu (as winzip, or 7-zip, or IZArc, etc., there are other applications with cascaded menu... it's not that difficult).
Yes that is what I mean there is no easy to get into the Virus Database, other than through the Simple (or Enhanced) User Interface and menu or right click.
I agree that the avast icon, context menu needs revised and cascade options would reduce the clutter, the one thing that should be the easiest to get at, 'the avast Help file' is buried. You either have to open the SUI, menu, help (or F1) or windows, start, all programs, avast antivirus, help, that simply it too deep and should be on the avast icon context menu also. If for any reason you can't use the skinning then the SUI won't even open for you to access the help file.
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So I ran a complete scan tonight and noticed a visual bug when you idea over the Simple User Interface and the the window preview, there is a blue border on two sides that shouldn't be there. I'm using Vista Business 32-bit. Screenshot is attached.
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So I ran a complete scan tonight and noticed a visual bug when you idea over the Simple User Interface and the the window preview, there is a blue border on two sides that shouldn't be there. I'm using Vista Business 32-bit. Screenshot is attached.
I can't resize the screenshot to see, but does this occur with other skins?
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It only happens on the Silver Panel skin. When using the szc-kde skin, it works just fine.
So I ran a complete scan tonight and noticed a visual bug when you idea over the Simple User Interface and the the window preview, there is a blue border on two sides that shouldn't be there. I'm using Vista Business 32-bit. Screenshot is attached.
I can't resize the screenshot to see, but does this occur with other skins?
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Very minor issue but thought I'd mention it...
With 4.7.971, I get an Unknown Error cannot open sound control panel with Vista HP under program settings-sounds-settings button. It happens on cancel of the next dialogbox.
I don't know if it happened under the prior version.
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With 4.7.971, I get an Unknown Error cannot open sound control panel with Vista HP under program settings-sounds-settings button. It happens on cancel of the next dialogbox.
I assume you're using 64-bit version of Windows...? If so, you're right, this should be fixed in the official update.
Thanks
Vlk
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Actually 32 bit. I should have put that.
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Well, starting of the Sound Control Panel applet will be improved in the next beta update... so please check if the problem is solved when you get it (should be soon... maybe tomorrow?)
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Thanks just wanted to mention in case it slipped by. Thanks for the great work.
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Well, starting of the Sound Control Panel applet will be improved in the next beta update... so please check if the problem is solved when you get it (should be soon... maybe tomorrow?)
I'm looking ofrward to it ;)
Keep up the good work :)
Al968
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Why twice? What happened after the first reboot?
Btw, what's this "Windows 98 Millennium Edition" in your signature? So it is Win98, or WinME? ;)
Hello. When avast! first installed my icons in Explorer and Quick Launch went away. The placeholder, text tip, and functionality remained, just no icons. Merely an annoyance, so a reboot fixed it. Then after setting options, same thing again until reboot, now everything's good. Windows 98SE with several system files, dll's, and system tools from Millennium Edition cd. Much faster and more stable 98SE. Updated the Visual C,Visual Basic Runtimes, removed Windows scripting, MS Java, Internet Explorer (except MSHTML and files needed by programs that look for IE), and Outlook. All Microsoft patches and a few third party patches. This configuration will not run script viruses and prevents drive by downloads. Nothing launches automagically, so far. If you want a malware sample you must go find it and deliberately download it so as to work with it. :)
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An observation from my weekly scan.
Running two fully up to date Win XP SP2 systems side by side. One machine has avast 4.7.971 installed and the other has avast 4.7.942 both machines have VPS 731-0.
I have the same version of Executive Software's Diskeeper (8.0.459.0) on both machines - this version dates from 2003 and has been installed since then.
On the machine with the beta version running the file DSK2-BUS.exe is now being reported as Win32:Adware-gen. [Adw]
On the machine with the current production version of avast the same file produces no Adware warning.
If I use the avast beta machine to scan the same file across the network then it (consistently) reports the file on the other machine as Adware too.
Seems to indicate a difference in processing by the new beta is throwing up this false positive.
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That's probably with the addition of the new unpackers ;)
But a false possitive. :(
Al968
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That's probably with the addition of the new unpackers
My thought too.
However, if it goes to production like this there will, no doubt, be some unhappy Diskeeper users.
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I trust you have sent the sample noting the FP and you are using the beta with new packers ;)
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Hi, everyone.
I just installed the beta on my Windows Vista Business machine and am greatly satisfied with the memory usage improvement.
It usually consumes between 10 - 20 MB memory (private working set), which is a good thing.
But, I notice something wrong for avast! Web Scanner process.
After I surfed the web for an hour and closed my Opera browser, I opened Task Manager and saw that avast! Web Scanner process consumed 50% CPU usage constantly.
Even though the computer was idle, the CPU usage did not go down.
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I have had one occasion (a couple of days ago) were CPU usage was at 100% were the web shield was consuming virtually all of it. Even after disconnecting it remained at that figure, terminating the web shield didn't resolve it as ashWebSv.exe was still showing near 100% usage (98% with the remainder Task Manager).
I opened the Administrator Tools, Services and stopped the service and restarted it, I then started the Web Shield provider and everything was back to normal and I have had no recurrence of the problem. You could of course use Task Manager to End Task or reboot which should restore things to normal.
I have no idea why the high CPU usage I wasn't doing anything other than standard browsing no downloads, etc. I put it down to a hiccup that hung web shield if it was replicable or a regular occurrence I would be concerned.
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No point, this was three days ago and it hasn't occurred again, if it were a regular occurrence then logging would be worth while. I ignore most problems 1st time out (not just for avast, with very few problems I the 3 years I have been using it) and just resolve it not waste time trying to find exactly why it happened, bt once it becomes more frequent then the time is worth it.
My post was more in response to Thomas123's post and to show what I did to resolve it.
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Thomas123,
But, I notice something wrong for avast! Web Scanner process.
After I surfed the web for an hour and closed my Opera browser, I opened Task Manager and saw that avast! Web Scanner process consumed 50% CPU usage constantly.
Please do the following: when the problem is simulated (ashWebSv.exe is at steady 50% CPU use [btw this means that it takes 100% of one of your CPU cores]), right click the process in the Task Manager and choose the "Create Dump File" option. Then ZIP the resulting file and upload it to our ftp site as described here: http://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=18 .
alanrf, please make sure to submit the file in question to ALWIL. BTW I suppose it's being reported inside an archive? (I.e. the file, in its unpacked form, does not reside on your hard drive at all - otherwise, it would have been detected by the previous version as well).
Thanks
Vlk
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Vlk,
BTW I suppose it's being reported inside an archive? (I.e. the file, in its unpacked form, does not reside on your hard drive at all - otherwise, it would have been detected by the previous version as well).
You suppose incorrectly. The file is detected as Adware on the system with the avast beta installed both in its normal position as an "unpacked file" in the program folder and also within the install file of the Diskeeper.
On the system running the current production version of avast (both systems have the same VPS version - now 0731-1) both files are scanned by avast as clean.
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Thomas123,
Please do the following: when the problem is simulated (ashWebSv.exe is at steady 50% CPU use [btw this means that it takes 100% of one of your CPU cores]), right click the process in the Task Manager and choose the "Create Dump File" option. Then ZIP the resulting file and upload it to our ftp site as described here: http://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=18
I have uploaded the zip named Thomas123
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You suppose incorrectly. The file is detected as Adware on the system with the avast beta installed both in its normal position as an "unpacked file" in the program folder and also within the install file of the Diskeeper.
The culprit is in the "\[" hiding at the end of the file name in the Adware Found dialog (unfortunately, the path is too long so we don't see it in its entirety). Could you please post the whole path name (the field is scrollable).
Thanks
Vlk
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Vlk,
the extra characters are, I suspect, figments of the imagination of the new avast beta and its new unpackers. I attach a new image of the error (with a different skin selected - widescreen) that shows a longer view of the error message. The extra characters are not part of any file name that is shown by the Windows operating system.
I have zipped and sent the .exe file to virus@avast.com for your review. The .msi installation file for Diskeeper Professional is too large to be sent via my ISP (at 16.5Mb) if you want it sent via another alternative let me know.
The image I posted earlier showed the error reported from ashquick.exe (avast scan from the right click on the file). I should also report that if I simply click on the close button of the errror message then it provokes a failure of the ashquick.exe program (ashquick.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close... etc).
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There's no error here (appart from the false positive, of course) - everything is as expected ;)
The file is, indeed, "detected" with the help of a new unpacker.
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Igor,
do you mean the failure of ashquick.exe is also "as expected"?
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Ah, no, certainly not - I was refering to Vlk's question about the archives and the notes about the \[ parts.
Is the ashQuick.exe error reproducible?
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Igor,
Is the ashQuick.exe error reproducible?
It was until I changed the skin to display more of the error message.
Lemme see what happens if I take my system back a couple of hours.
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That's bad... I can't reproduce it either with this file.
What are your settings of the Explorer Extension? (on the first page of program settings?)
Also, what exactly do you mean by the "close button"? The cross in the upper right corner of the window, or the "Stop" button?
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seems like this false positive is related to new unpackers too in (checked via Ashquick)
new version of PowerStrip
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/files/pstrip.exe
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/files/pstrip-i.exe
gets flagged as Win32:Trojan-gen. {Other}
D:\Downloads\new\pstrip.exe\[Embedded#0c43a]\[ASProtect]\[Embedded#18052c]
D:\Downloads\new\pstrip-i.exe\[Embedded#00c43a]\[ASProtect]\[Embedded#18052c]
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and another one , test via Avast! Simple User Interface
selected folder, drive I: started scan (all fine u can see progress)
stopped
unselected folder, selected I: again and started again
for some reason now i see only progress indicator (these squares from left to right)
but tested files = unchanged
last scanned = unchanged
yet the scan is running (it keeps finding and reporting badware :)
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Igor,
sorry for the delayed response to your questions, my ISP took network down - so I went off to bed.
Anyway, I can no longer reproduce the ashquick.exe failure but it occurred when I used the close icon (cross - upper right).
Attached image shows error from event log - (ashquick failures in the log are the same - but are on different days - so the condition persisted from 04/06 through 04/09). Also an image of my explorer extension settings.
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Hmm, ActiveSkin... that's not good.
Even if I could simulate the problem, I somehow suspect the only thing I could do would be suggesting to disable the skins for Explorer Extension... :-\
ActiveSkin is a third-party module (i.e. we don't have sources for that) - so it's rather hard to fix any bugs in there.
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and another one , test via Avast! Simple User Interface
selected folder, drive I: started scan (all fine u can see progress)
stopped
unselected folder, selected I: again and started again
for some reason now i see only progress indicator (these squares from left to right)
but tested files = unchanged
last scanned = unchanged
yet the scan is running (it keeps finding and reporting badware :)
I'm afraid I can't reproduce this... anything special on your I: drive?
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The beta has now been updated to version 4.7.979. To update to this version from the previous beta, simply invoke program update from the avast GUI.
All known problems should be fixed in this build. The official release is quickly approaching.
Thanks
Vlk
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The beta has now been updated to version 4.7.979. To update to this version from the previous beta, simply invoke program update from the avast GUI.
All known problems should be fixed in this build. The official release is quickly approaching.
Thanks
Vlk
Thank you. It's looking good.
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Thanks for the correction in VPS to the FP in Diskeeper.
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Looking forward to the final release. The added unpacking support for installer files is certainly a very welcome feature.
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I've noticed that when I double click on a word document, Word 2007 returns an error that windows [vista enterprise] can't open the file. MS indicates that the problem is related to the delay caused by Avast virus scan. Has this been addressed in the beta? If not, please add it to the list of items. As an alternative, is there perhaps a way to disable the virus scan for Word? Thanks.
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I think the behavior should be improved - but why don't you test it with the beta yourself? ;)
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Just installed with no problems , beta 4.7.979 is running very nicely . Maybe less memory usage as I can feel smoother performance overall with scans , browsing , and in general performance .
No issues to report so far . :)
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I am using version 4.7.979 no problems, is functioning very well.
Thanks.
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It looks like the Web Shield problem has been resolved.
;D
Edit:
???
OMG...
The problem just reoccurred.
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The update panel problem was corrected. Thanks.
Details: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=27610.0
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Thomas123, did you use the additional patch I sent to your email the day before yesterday?
V979 is not supposed to fix your issue, there was one additional post-979 patch that is.
Cheers
Vlk
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Thomas123, did you use the additional patch I sent to your email the day before yesterday?
V979 is not supposed to fix your issue, there was one additional post-979 patch that is.
Cheers
Vlk
;D
I will test the additional patch and report back.
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No problems installing or running the scan
but what happened to the icon that appears when scanning?
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Hi,
I'm using this version, and until now is working very well here ;)
It's being nice to see your progress improving this great AV...
Regards
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The new version has now been officially released as v4.7.981. The beta program is now closed. Thanks to anyone who helped testing this release.
BTW, to switch from the beta to the official release version, simply invoke Program Update from within the avast GUI.