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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: peter50 on October 17, 2010, 12:21:04 AM
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PLEASE HELP!!! IT IS TURNING ME CRAZY!!!
I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO STOP THIS ANNOYING POP UP TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 5.0!
I TRIED THE VERSION 5.0 AND I DON'T LIKE IT.
THANKS!
REGARDS,
PETE.
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Okay... Why don't you just upgrade to Avast! 5.0???
If you don't like it so what, it's a antivirus that gives you security and that's all that matters.
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I TRIED IT AND I DON'T LIKE IT
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I TRIED IT AND I DON'T LIKE IT
Please stop screaming...!! Thanks..!
asyn
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Really, it is warning you for your own benefit. Support for it will end soon.
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Fact: If you didn't like it that much then you wouldn't care about the pop-up...
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Really, it is warning you for your own benefit. Support for it will end soon.
+1
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ok. thanks for calming me down but I tried version 5 and simply I don't like it. my computer is old, and its very slow in my computer.
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That's kinda surprising - because avast! 5 should be faster on slower machines than avast! 4.
What exactly is slow, and what is the machine config?
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Its a pentium 4, xp, 800x600 crt monitor - it runs slow, no bootup scan option, and the new graphic interface is hard to use in this resolution.
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please I love Avast but I am not going to buy a new computer only for this. I only need a way to disable this pop up upgrade check.
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Believe us, version 5 should be lighter than version 4.
The support for version 4 will end soon. They need to push the last 4.8 users to upgrade.
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If it can fit onto 1024x600 10 inch screen on netbook, it will fit on 800x600 as well. Because the smallest main window can be is 800x600.
As for the hardware, i'm using avast! 5 on Atom powered netbook which is in most cases far slower than any Pentium 4 at same clock. I've also installed avast! 5 on Athlon XP 2500+ and Pentium 4 2,4GHz. Works perfectly fine.
512MB and 1GB RAM configurations. It's just better, faster and provides better protection.
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Peter,
the point you need to consider: at some time in the relatively near future (probably by the end of this year), Avast will no longer be supporting version 4.x. And without daily definition updates, your computer will immediately become unprotected.
If avast5 doesn't work well for you, then you'll need to consider alternative programs. With an older P4 processor, I don't know which one, if any, will be more palatable for you. Among free programs --- which you can test out (only one at a time!) and either keep or reject --- you might consider Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) or Avira's Antivir. I realize this is the Avast forum. I, for one, am a happy avast user[who is responsible for the security of several extended-family members PCs]. I am mentioning these two alternatives, not to get into a quarrel with anyone here, but to offer you reasonable alternatives, on the basis that you have rejected avast5.
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for the same reason I don't upgraded to vista.
same thing, with new skin, making crawl old pcs.
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can I suggest to leave avast 4 for users with old pcs?
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You are missing something.
That's kinda surprising - because avast! 5 should be faster on slower machines than avast! 4.
What exactly is slow, and what is the machine config?
5 is lighter than 4.
Going from 4 to 5 and getting some kind of tragic slowdown implies some kind of problem/conflict.
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When you changed from 4 to 5, did you use the Avast! Uninstall Utility to remove everything???
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yes, i made a clean installation.
it runs slow. i tested it 2 times. worked good but my pc was more slow.
btw, the uninstall process from version 5 to 4 was really slow too.
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For me, all uninstallation processes are slow.
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no, uninstalling avast 4 is fast (1-3 minutes).
uninstalling avast 5 took +10 minutes in my pc (uninstalling the web shield component took 5 minutes. i thought that it was freezed at this point)
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Going from 4 to 5 and getting some kind of tragic slowdown implies some kind of problem/conflict.
not tragic but it could be between 10% or 20% more slow, depending how old is your pc.
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...And what is your resource of this information?
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and the new graphics makes things worst (refresh rate, etc).
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...And what is your resource of this information?
i tested it in 2 different old computers.
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And why do you hate the slow down of CPU?
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noo... i am very happy that avast 5 turned my computer in a turtle.
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At least your protected. Firefox takes 3 minutes to load for me. ;D
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Antiviruses are awesome if there free so think about how all that protection you get for free and the only bad thing is a 20% more slowdown.
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I was happy with avast 4 during years.
Now I feel that I am being forced to upgrade to 5 or bye bye avast?
if microsoft had made the same thing with xp forcing everybody to upgrade to vista, they could be in bankruptcy now.
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I was happy with avast 4 during years.
Now I feel that am being forced to upgrade to 5 or bye bye avast?
if microsoft had made the same thing with xp forcing everybody to upgrade to vista, they could be in bankruptcy now.
Don't you mean Vista to Windows 7?
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I was happy with avast 4 during years.
Now I feel that am being forced to upgrade to 5 or bye bye avast?
if microsoft had made the same thing with xp forcing everybody to upgrade to vista, they could be in bankruptcy now.
Don't you mean Vista to Windows 7?
same thing.
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I was happy with avast 4 during years.
Now I feel that am being forced to upgrade to 5 or bye bye avast?
if microsoft had made the same thing with xp forcing everybody to upgrade to vista, they could be in bankruptcy now.
Don't you mean Vista to Windows 7?
same thing.
x32bit to x64bit?
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do you like coffee or decaffeinated coffee?
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do you like coffee or decaffeinated coffee?
I don't drink coffee. :-\
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do you like coffee or decaffeinated coffee?
I don't drink coffee. :-\
Congratulations! coffee is bad for kidneys.
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do you like coffee or decaffeinated coffee?
I don't drink coffee. :-\
Congratulations! coffee is bad for kidneys.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_coffee_bad_for_my_kidneys
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do you like coffee or decaffeinated coffee?
I don't drink coffee. :-\
Congratulations! coffee is bad for kidneys.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_coffee_bad_for_my_kidneys
thanks for the link... however, coca-cola contains coffee too and I prefer to stay in the safe side...
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do you like coffee or decaffeinated coffee?
I don't drink coffee. :-\
Congratulations! coffee is bad for kidneys.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_coffee_bad_for_my_kidneys
thanks for the link... however, coca-cola contains coffee too and I prefer to stay in the safe side...
I drink Sprite and MountDew. ;D
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do you like coffee or decaffeinated coffee?
I don't drink coffee. :-\
Congratulations! coffee is bad for kidneys.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_coffee_bad_for_my_kidneys
thanks for the link... however, coca-cola contains coffee too and I prefer to stay in the safe side...
I drink Sprite and MountDew. ;D
very good!
I only drink french mineral water...
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Bottled water is the single biggest ripoff ever foisted on the public. I never buy nor drink any of it. Actually I don't drink plain water, period.
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do you like coffee or decaffeinated coffee?
I don't drink coffee. :-\
Congratulations! coffee is bad for kidneys.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_coffee_bad_for_my_kidneys
thanks for the link... however, coca-cola contains coffee too and I prefer to stay in the safe side...
i dont know how this even has anything to do with this thread but ill bite and just let u know that coca-cola does not contain coffee, it contains caffeine.
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Well, this is something to do besides sit here and wait for someone to post help about a virus. ::)
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Peter-
Are you referring to the Pop up that comes on each time you start your computer? Just curious, because that is what just started happening on my laptop.
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Believe us, version 5 should be lighter than version 4.
The support for version 4 will end soon. They need to push the last 4.8 users to upgrade.
+1 ;)
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Bottled water is the single biggest ripoff ever foisted on the public. I never buy nor drink any of it. Actually I don't drink plain water, period.
wow... thats incredible... i thought that only martians were able to live without drink water...
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do you like coffee or decaffeinated coffee?
I don't drink coffee. :-\
Congratulations! coffee is bad for kidneys.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_coffee_bad_for_my_kidneys
thanks for the link... however, coca-cola contains coffee too and I prefer to stay in the safe side...
i dont know how this even has anything to do with this thread but ill bite and just let u know that coca-cola does not contain coffee, it contains caffeine.
oh...
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Peter-
Are you referring to the Pop up that comes on each time you start your computer? Just curious, because that is what just started happening on my laptop.
yes
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Picked this up in another tread:
For those who would still like to get rid of the annoying "NAG" window for version 5 update, do the following:
Disable the self-defense module.
Locate and rename the file "asw5Not2.exe". It should be located in the Avast4 folder.
Re-enable the self-defense module.
You'll now have the monumental task of remembering, yourself, to update to version 5 before version 4 expires.
This was apparently part of a virus definition update, even though it has nothing to do with virus definitions.
Also you could just block the "service" (an annoying one) in your firewall.
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I was happy with avast 4 during years.
Now I feel that I am being forced to upgrade to 5 or bye bye avast?
if microsoft had made the same thing with xp forcing everybody to upgrade to vista, they could be in bankruptcy now.
Most likely you have the free version installed. Avast is a free product compared to windows OS's so they can do whatever they want with it. The guys at Avast warn you that the support for 4.8 Free is ending and they have an alternative free program that is better. The slowdown... this is the first time I've heard someone say 4.8 is slower than 5 ???
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Most likely you have the free version installed. Avast is a free product compared to windows OS's so they can do whatever they want with it. The guys at Avast warn you that the support for 4.8 Free is ending and they have an alternative free program that is better. The slowdown... this is the first time I've heard someone say 4.8 is slower than 5
peter50 is saying that 5 is slower than 4.8, not 4.8 is slower than 5...
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Lol, company gives them free upgrade which is faster, better looking with higher protection, yet they complain about it? Just face it, avast! 5 is faster regardless of what kind of system you're using. Especially after using it for a while or doing a full system scan where it caches whitelisted files and doesn't even scan them anymore until they change so performance is even better.
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Most likely you have the free version installed. Avast is a free product compared to windows OS's so they can do whatever they want with it. The guys at Avast warn you that the support for 4.8 Free is ending and they have an alternative free program that is better. The slowdown... this is the first time I've heard someone say 4.8 is slower than 5
peter50 is saying that 5 is slower than 4.8, not 4.8 is slower than 5...
Sorry...was thinking the same thing but typing something else.
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Picked this up in another tread:
For those who would still like to get rid of the annoying "NAG" window for version 5 update, do the following:
Disable the self-defense module.
Locate and rename the file "asw5Not2.exe". It should be located in the Avast4 folder.
Re-enable the self-defense module.
You'll now have the monumental task of remembering, yourself, to update to version 5 before version 4 expires.
This was apparently part of a virus definition update, even though it has nothing to do with virus definitions.
Also you could just block the "service" (an annoying one) in your firewall.
YOU SAVED MY LIFE!
I AM ETERNALLY THANKFUL!
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Lol, company gives them free upgrade which is faster, better looking with higher protection, yet they complain about it? Just face it, avast! 5 is faster regardless of what kind of system you're using. Especially after using it for a while or doing a full system scan where it caches whitelisted files and doesn't even scan them anymore until they change so performance is even better.
avast 5 have a lot of bugs and iT is not faster than 4.8.
here are A LOT of posts about this:
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=site:forum.avast.com+avast+5+slow
SO, i suggest to the captain of the Avast ship to offer the version 5 as an "upgrade option" only, without forcing people to upgrade from 4 to 5, and leave the version 4 for users with old PCs.
regards,
Peter.
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Lol, company gives them free upgrade which is faster, better looking with higher protection, yet they complain about it? Just face it, avast! 5 is faster regardless of what kind of system you're using. Especially after using it for a while or doing a full system scan where it caches whitelisted files and doesn't even scan them anymore until they change so performance is even better.
avast 5 have a lot of bugs and iT is not faster than 4.8.
here are A LOT of posts about this:
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=site:forum.avast.com+avast+5+slow
SO, i suggest to the captain of the Avast ship to offer the version 5 as an "upgrade option" only, without forcing people to upgrade from 4 to 5, and leave the version 4 for users with old PCs.
regards,
Peter.
if u use it long enuff for the persistant cache to be completed (by doing full scans and using the AV for a bit) then it will be much lighter
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Bottled water is the single biggest ripoff ever foisted on the public. I never buy nor drink any of it. Actually I don't drink plain water, period.
wow... thats incredible... i thought that only martians were able to live without drink water...
I get fluids from coffee, tea, Kool-aid, juices, soda,etc. It has to be flavored in some way. I don't ever drink plain water.
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Bottled water is the single biggest ripoff ever foisted on the public. I never buy nor drink any of it. Actually I don't drink plain water, period.
wow... thats incredible... i thought that only martians were able to live without drink water...
I get fluids from coffee, tea, Kool-aid, juices, soda,etc. It has to be flavored in some way. I don't ever drink plain water.
R-O-F-L @Epic off-topic continuance.
You thought the discussion of beverages was over? Oh, you where wrong, so wrong......
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Bottled water is the single biggest ripoff ever foisted on the public. I never buy nor drink any of it. Actually I don't drink plain water, period.
wow... thats incredible... i thought that only martians were able to live without drink water...
I get fluids from coffee, tea, Kool-aid, juices, soda,etc. It has to be flavored in some way. I don't ever drink plain water.
KOOL-AID???!!! It's a miracle that you are still alive!
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SO, i suggest to the captain of the Avast ship to offer the version 5 as an "upgrade option" only, without forcing people to upgrade from 4 to 5, and leave the version 4 for users with old PCs.
regards,
Peter.
We do not know what Country you are in and what are your system specifications.
Please go to PROFILE then Modify Profile then Forum Profile Information then Please select your country: then Signature: and put information about your system just like my signature about your system just like my signature so that the helpers can offer pertinent advice.
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SO, i suggest to the captain of the Avast ship to offer the version 5 as an "upgrade option" only, without forcing people to upgrade from 4 to 5, and leave the version 4 for users with old PCs.
regards,
Peter.
We do not know what Country you are in and what are your system specifications.
Please go to PROFILE then Modify Profile then Forum Profile Information then Please select your country: then Signature: and put information about your system just like my signature about your system just like my signature so that the helpers can offer pertinent advice.
ready.
thanks.
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This discussion is going nowhere :-\
With the release of Avast! 5.1 , expected at the end of November ( Maybe I am saying too much now :-[ ), Avast! 4.8 will become obsolete in my opinion. It sure will be with the release of Avast! 6.0 , expected at the first quarter of 2011 :)
Greetz, Red.
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I like Orange juice if anyone's interested. ;)
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I like Orange juice if anyone's interested. ;)
With a little Wodka please ;D
Greetz, Red.
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I like Orange juice if anyone's interested. ;)
With a little Wodka please ;D
Greetz, Red.
declicious :D