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Title: bug?
Post by: sowen on July 26, 2004, 09:36:29 PM
I've created a task which scans my entire hard-disk:In a couple of sub-directories, I have Word-documents and Zip-files which are password-protected (by Word and Zip respectively).

When I run the task manually, Avast registers errors that it is unable to scan the doc and zip files because they are password-protected. So far, so good.

However, when I schedule the task, it runs on time, but doesn't report any problems with the password protected files, as I believe it should.

Why the difference between manual and scheduled? Is this a  bug, for example because the scheduler is using a different account with different rights, or because it has no console?

regards,
Scott.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: S.Z.Craftec on July 27, 2004, 03:07:23 PM
Hello sowen,

my reply is not related to your question from original post, but I just wanna let you know that we all agreed that largest avatar in these forums shouldn't exceed 100x100 pixels. You avatar is a way, way too big (178x182 pixels), and it "weights" more than 30 kb in phisical size. Just try to imagine, we know that there is more than 4000 registered users in these forums, and it will be much more with the time... and if everyone upload so large avatars, it would unnecessary flood the server... we don't want that, so we agreed to use 100x100 or smaller avatars.

Here is example of your current avatar, but with proper size (it's 100x100 pixels, and it's smaller than 5kb in phisical size), you are free to use it... if you don't like it, you can upload whatever you want, but make it 100x100 or smaller than that, please...

(IMAGE REMOVED, no need to be here 'cause no one wants to use it ???)

Cheers !
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: Eddy on July 27, 2004, 03:10:36 PM
After the task has run, did you check the log file? Is there something mentioning about skipped files or files that couldn't be scanned? If you run a task and it doesn't report directly on the screen about not being able to scan certain files, it is imo not a bug. But if it also doesn't mention it in a log file, I think there should be done something about it.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: sowen on July 27, 2004, 03:21:17 PM

"Flood the server"?
I didn't upload anything: if you check the page-source, you'll see the image is loaded each time from my server, not the forum's.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: Eddy on July 27, 2004, 03:26:55 PM
It is the Avast server that request your image from your server and then forward it to the user viewing your msg/thread. That will generate unneeded data traffic. At least I think that is how it works. Besides that, I (and many others) don't like a huge avatar with just a small amount of lines next to it. No offense ment, but please make it smaller.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: sowen on July 27, 2004, 03:39:22 PM
Regarding the errors: the session results in Avast Enhanced view show errors about the password-protected files when I run the task manually, but it does NOT show these errors when it runs in a schedule.
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Craftec:
Your off-topic post, the flag-image in your signature, as well as the tome about your server, really do clog up this forum. And the image you attached actually *does* reside on the forum's server.

Artras:
No, it does not work like that. The forum server does nothing with the image. It sends the HTML <img> tag with a reference to the image on my server, and your browser picks it up. "Flood the server" is just nonsense.

In addition, a private message would have been preferred over clogging up the topic with OFF-TOPIC info.

I will reduce the image dimensions for the sake of page-layout. Your image is also larger than 100pixels in one dimension. Oh, oh. ;)

Please, let's keep ON TOPIC.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: S.Z.Craftec on July 27, 2004, 05:43:28 PM
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Craftec:
Your off-topic post, the flag-image in your signature, as well as the tome about your server, really do clog up this forum. And the image you attached actually *does* reside on the forum's server.
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I will reduce the image dimensions for the sake of page-layout. Your image is also larger than 100pixels in one dimension. Oh, oh. ;)

Please, let's keep ON TOPIC.


Why are you so touchy ? Ha ? Well my friend there is no room for flamming in these forums... or you maybe think that no one should say anything to anyone ? Maybe you think you're untouchable or something ? Then anybody would post 600x600 pixels large avatars if there are no rules set...

First of all, it's not off-topic post... it was my reply to your post and nothing in these forums is off-topic. However it is off-topic if you don't play by the forum rules... your avatar was off-size in the first place ;)

No matter is it flooding the server or not, but for sure it's not good for showing properly your posts in these forums. Just try to think of those who still use 640x480 pixel resolution... everything would be shifted to the right... and I'm assuring you that there are still some people who can't afford better or larger monitors...

So, instead of being so agressive (I can see that from the fact that I spent my spare time as my good will to resize that avatar for you with your nickname inside, and you didn't want to use it... it was easier for you to go and resize everything from the scratch... no problem, anyway, no one asked me to make one for you... it will be good lesson for future reference. I made so many avatars in these forums for my friends and they all are very happy 'cause I helped them... well, it looks like this is not case with you.)... instead of that, calm down and try to be of some help in here, not to flame without any reason. Everybody will see from my post that I just informed you what forum regulars and other forum members have decided...

Anyway, if you must show your presence in here in such a huge way, do it by trying to help to some new forum members, everyone will appreciate it, not by posting 3 miles big avatar...  ;)

And btw, my avatar is not unproportional, I made them, so for your information, it's exactly 100x100 pixels... maybe the one I resized for you is 100x101 pixels large, but dont act like child... 100x101 comparing to your almost 200x200 pixels  ??? Common...

Regarding those little flags, you are totally wrong... in addition to add those flags in signatures, only possible way to do that is to put an inside link for outside image. Image is on my server FYI, so it can't flood anything...  ;)
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: DavidR on July 27, 2004, 06:35:37 PM
I have no desire for this to deteriate into anything other than people helping others.

We have to have some rules in the forums and one is the max size of avtars (101X100) otherwise the width of text element of the posts is also lessened.

With regards to the KB size, yes there is an overhead, people have to download it, over dial-up, etc. and it is in every post (I know it should be cached after first download).

This difference has I feel already had an effect, a lack of answers to your question.

Lets not forget why we are here and the comment about size and offer of an alternative avtar (he didn't have to make it) was hardly malicious or ment in a bad way.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: sowen on July 27, 2004, 10:48:01 PM
Craftec, you're what is known as a forum terrorist. You hijack a good forum, and make it useless with your off-topic blather.

Self-important, and self-elevated to the position of forum police on a forum which is not even yours.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: S.Z.Craftec on July 27, 2004, 11:06:57 PM
Haha... in your dreams... ask other what they think of me. I never acted as this forum is mine, 'cause it's not my intention to do that. I'm just around here trying to be of service and some help to new users... Police ? No way... I didn't try to forbid something to you, I just informed you... reread my first reply again. I think I already made so many friendships in here... If they have same opinion as you (can't call you my friend, sorry, not yet), I'll appologize to you for I don't know why...

Oh my God, I haven't met so arrogant human being as you are in my whole life.

At least I made something useful for avast!... I hope... my work speaks for itself, I don't have to promote it...

No, I'm not terrorist. And who gives you the right to call people those names ?

And btw, you don't know anything about my life, so please don't use those words you don't even know the meaning... unbelievable !

Man with 40 and something behind himself should speak more wisely... ;) Calling someone terrorist just because he informed you about your mistake (in the first place) is immature.

No other word for you... don't wanna spend my precious time...
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: lee16 on July 27, 2004, 11:26:51 PM
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Craftec, you're what is known as a forum terrorist. You hijack a good forum, and make it useless with your off-topic blather.

Self-important, and self-elevated to the position of forum police on a forum which is not even yours.

Complete nonsense, he only asked you to resize your avatar and then defended himself when you tried to put him down.
As far as im concerned you were Prejudice towards him, and i hate that with a passion, you should never judge someone before you know them.


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No, I'm not terrorist. And who gives you the right to call people those names ?

No your not one and no one has the right to call you one  S.Z.Craftec.



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ask other what they think of me.

I have great respect for you S.Z.Craftec.


--lee


Title: Re:bug?
Post by: S.Z.Craftec on July 27, 2004, 11:34:19 PM
Thanks my friend, I'm always trying to help others... I mean, that's the way everyone should treat anyone. We have to help each other in these forums and not to flame and curse...

"He" works from the shaddow, I can see that... he hates me from his guts, but he wasn't so brave to tell that directly... he just waited for oportunity like this...

Most weird thing is... I don't hate him... and that's what makes him even more frustrated... I don't know why, though...  ;)
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: The Hurricane on July 27, 2004, 11:55:49 PM
Sowen,
            Sasha has contributed much to avast. He has made many wonderful skins, He has helped many people here on the forum. So to call him a terrorist is totally out of line!
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: CoJo on July 28, 2004, 12:10:18 AM
Craftec, you're what is known as a forum terrorist. You hijack a good forum, and make it useless with your off-topic blather.

Self-important, and self-elevated to the position of forum police on a forum which is not even yours.


You have not been around long enough to make that kind of judgement, and, if you had been, you would be wrong. Although everyone is entitled to their own opinion, it is cowardly and childish to make such statements in a public forum.
 
Your words are not the act of a gentleman and I believe you owe Sasha an apology.
Are you man enough to do it??
cojo
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: radicalb21 on July 28, 2004, 12:20:05 AM
Hey Sowen,
It's radicalb21. I'm sorry but I have to side with the rest of my forum brothers & friends when I say that avatar was way to big to begin with.  I run a forum and it is a pain when people like you cause slow page loads due to the size of your avatar. Also for what you said about Craftec was not right. When you called him a forum terrorist I believe you were talking about yourself. Now lets get back on topic. Enough said.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: KezzerDrix on July 28, 2004, 01:01:05 AM
"Sowen" absolutely disgusting, you come here and insult a forum regular who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to help almost every one here.  Even you!

Look in the mirror before calling anyone else a "Forum terrorist".

Title: Re:bug?
Post by: CoJo on July 28, 2004, 01:05:33 AM
Please folks...see my new thread in Off-Topic.

This is getting out of hand :(

cojo
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: neal62 on July 28, 2004, 05:02:17 AM
Yes Sowen, you were and are totally out of line with what you have said towards Sasha. You need to check your own back yard out before you start flaming (bad mouthing) regular members here. I as others do believe you owe Sasha a public apology, that is if your decent enough to do that. Just my thoughts and opinions.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: S.Z.Craftec on July 28, 2004, 01:48:59 PM
Yeah, thanks guys and girls, thanks from the bottom of my heart. I didn't mean that small and harmless info like that will make him so angry and self-proud... if it wasn't me, it would be someone else who would try to alarm him that avatar he used to use was too big... really too big. If someone still uses 640x480 pixels resolution, and I'm assuring you that there are still some people who can't afford better monitors or GFX cards, they would see Sowen's avatar large as half of their desktop.

Anyway, I am here to APPOLOGIZE to Sowen and to everyone else who was forced or dragged into this thread with or without his/her will...

However, can't call someone forum terrorist if he isn't one... right ?

Have a nice and productive day everyone !

Cheers !
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: sowen on July 28, 2004, 02:26:03 PM
Two pages of utter non-technical blather cluttering up this post, and not one informed response to the original message. :-\

It would have sufficed to send me a private message regarding my megasized image - and I would have appreciated that - but instead you steer the thread entirely off-course. I have no doubt you had good intentions, but instead of doing that quietly in an out-of-forum message, you hijacked the message to push more of your cute images and show how wonderfully helpful you are.

But despite the good intentions, you have not been helpful. I don't want your images nor skins for my anti-virus program. I'm here for expert, technical information, and for an exchange with technical experts, of which you are not one.

Furthermore, you comment on an image which exceeds some (self-determined?) forum maximum, then upload another image for me to use, which actually did take up space on the server and meant that everyone reading the forum had to use their precious bandwidth to see that as well. (I guess I'm out of touch with my 2Gb Internet connection.)

Plus, most people complaining of my modestly oversized image have flags in their signatures - the combined image size much greater than my single image - further cluttering the screens and using bandwidth. Elsewhere on this forum, you include entire pictures in your posts.

This is what I mean when I say "forum terrorist": the messages you posted in reply to the post have added zero value to this thread; in fact they've been detrimental in getting a serious technical answer.

Honestly, you need to get out more, go for a walk, get some fresh air and sunshine, and stop trying to turn a technical anti-virus forum into a non-technie love-in.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: shgoh on July 28, 2004, 03:07:36 PM
sowen...i'm sorry but i've to say that you are being a little disrespectful to the forum people here... we don't talk about whether we are regulars or new-comers...don't talk about ranks or whatever....if you have problems...we are more than willing to help in any ways...

what craftec did was just for the sake of this forum...we all agreed long ago about that avatar sizes thing...

anyway...i hope we all should stop this....coz it is going to get nowhere :)

but sowen...if your problem persists...we will help...really :)
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: S.Z.Craftec on July 28, 2004, 03:28:49 PM
Two pages of utter non-technical blather cluttering up this post, and not one informed response to the original message. :-\

have you ever asked yourself, maybe no one wants to help you anymore... you are so arrogant that it's so unbelievable... there is no place for people like you in these forums... you'll see that very soon...

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It would have sufficed to send me a private message regarding my megasized image - and I would have appreciated that - but instead you steer the thread entirely off-course. I have no doubt you had good intentions, but instead of doing that quietly in an out-of-forum message, you hijacked the message to push more of your cute images and show how wonderfully helpful you are.

You are so jealous, we all can see that... sooooo jealous... you can't stand the fact that people DO need graphical improvements sometimes... you are jealous... ohoh ;)

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But despite the good intentions, you have not been helpful. I don't want your images nor skins for my anti-virus program. I'm here for expert, technical information, and for an exchange with technical experts, of which you are not one.

...jealous again... how can you possibly know what is my level of technical knowledge ? FYI, I do that for living ;) You just can't stand the fact that someone actually is doing something useful, not like you...

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Plus, most people complaining of my modestly oversized image have flags in their signatures - the combined image size much greater than my single image - further cluttering the screens and using bandwidth. Elsewhere on this forum, you include entire pictures in your posts.

Just like everyone else... it's off-topic forum and everybody is free to post whatever they want to post in there, of course if it's not gonna offend anyone in any way... no one forces you to visit off-topic forums, so your bandwidth won't suffer at all. But you posted so big avatar in forums where everyone visits and tries to help... everything was shifted to right hand side of the screeen just because of your avatar. Don't mix up those two things...

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Honestly, you need to get out more, go for a walk, get some fresh air and sunshine, and stop trying to turn a technical anti-virus forum into a non-technie love-in.

I have enough time to do that, you are not the one who has to worry... you just had to see what my life looked like before I got out of war. If you had so many problems in your useless life like I had before I came here, you would know what I'm talking about...

You are the one that needs to go out little more offten... try to find some friends, maybe they will be able to bring some happines in your life, which I highly doubt... no one can stand such an arrogant human being...

Jealous, nothing else... you were watching all those posts made by me, and you couldn't stand the fact that people around here loves me... yeah, they love me and I'm so happy because of that, 'cause I guess I earned it with my behaviour and friendship... what can you offer ? Ha ? Tell us here !

And btw, I cancel that APPOLOGY to you.. you don't deserve to have friends. You deserve to be banned from here... period.

We tried to talk normal language with you, but you are one of those ugly-minded beings that no one can transform into something normal... you just proved it yourself.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: DavidR on July 28, 2004, 03:41:54 PM
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Two pages of utter non-technical blather cluttering up this post, and not one informed response to the original message.

And you wonder why no one will answer your question ??? (your own replies, have by your own admission become a off-topic).

You came here for help and took offence at being politely told (my opinion) your avatar was a little large and even given a modified avatar. Then you start to rant and call people terrorists, yet even further off-topic from your original post.

Several people have asked you to apologise, if your man enough, obviously not, even after S.Z.Craftec apologised (I don't believe he needed to), you continue with your diatribe and you wonder why people won't answer your question ??? I can tell you why your attitude.
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: sowen on July 28, 2004, 03:43:53 PM
It's not a question of not wanting to help, you saw a post where you were unable to help, so instead you felt it necessary to post to this forum - rather than privately messaging me - blathering about an avatar which were 50 pixels too big.

Then when I don't use your image, you say I'm jealous and ungrateful. You sound just a tad insecure, Osama bin Craftec.

Title: Re:bug?
Post by: S.Z.Craftec on July 28, 2004, 03:46:37 PM
Haha, you see ? You are talking to yourself... you are so alone buddy... sooo alone. You pretend that you don't see all those replies to you in this thread... ok, if it's easier for you, just pretend. But, everyone can see who you really are...

And btw, you made me so happy 'casue you didn't use that avatar... anyway, that avatar wasn't my creation, just resized instance of that big avatar you had before... haha, why should be I unsecure ? Just because someone who is less important in my life than price of bubblegum ? Get a life...

I really highly doubt that even mother can love someTHING like that...  ::) Of course, we can just guess, but I'm 100% sure, deep in your sould, you know that you are so lonely and it hurts... that's why you have to call people names, but I think the real terrorist here is no one else, but you.

I remember those verbal fights you had with our frined Culpeper, and how stupid your comments were regarding his knowledge... you will never have that level of knowledge in your life, remember that !
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: lee16 on July 28, 2004, 03:50:59 PM
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Honestly, you need to get out more, go for a walk, get some fresh air and sunshine

Yet again being prejudice, how can you say that when you don't even no them, i can't speak for everyone else (i don't no them in person), but i know i like to go for walks, and hike up in the mountains, but im pritty sure the others do here aswell, now i think we should stop fighting/arguing and look at the real problem at hand, don't you?

--lee
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: S.Z.Craftec on July 28, 2004, 04:02:59 PM
Most likely you'll remove that avatar you just uploaded you sick brat... but, I want everyone to see what creature you really are...

This is actual sreenshot from few minutes ago... I don't know if anyone who is normal and healthy in his brain, could do something like you...

No further comment...
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: sowen on July 28, 2004, 04:24:05 PM
You're policing the content of the image, too?
You start this all off with the ridiculous comment about "flooding servers", and now you upload a 450x375 pixel, 30KB image to the forum server! ??? Shows you're only here to show off your graphical 'skills' rather than provide constructive technical support.

(BTW it's just a mannequin from a movie-set.)
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: Pavel Baudis on July 28, 2004, 04:30:16 PM
sowen,

I asked you to STOP this nonsense discussion by IM. You did not do it. I am closing this thread now. This particular board is for support of avast! program and not for any flame wars.

This is the final warning - and those who will not follow the rules or hear the polite advices from administrator could be banned for some period of time.

Pavel
Title: Re:bug?
Post by: Vlk on July 28, 2004, 04:38:39 PM
BTW Besides the unbelieveable number of ballast in this thread sowen I believe you're right, it's probably a bug in the current build. I'll have this examined/fixed before the next release.

Thanks.
Vlk