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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: hake on January 09, 2011, 12:09:19 PM

Title: Executing 16-bit app causes instant reboot
Post by: hake on January 09, 2011, 12:09:19 PM

I had been using The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1997 version) with Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows XP since 1999.  Until Avast 5.1.684, it worked.  The first time I used it after updating to 5.1.684 the system immediately rebooted.  It happened on two other systems.  This is not a problem for me as I had a later Oxford Dictionary available to install and it works like a charm.

I raise this issue in case 16-bit apps are a problem with Avast 5.1.684.

Title: Re: Executing 16-bit app causes instant reboot
Post by: pk on January 09, 2011, 12:58:25 PM

I tried with igor some win 16-bit apps, but they work ok here.
Do you have some minidumps in \Windows\minidump folder? Thanks.