Author Topic: Avast on Windows 8 blocks Network Adapter  (Read 1913 times)

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MagicFeather

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Avast on Windows 8 blocks Network Adapter
« on: February 19, 2013, 04:06:36 PM »
Hello,

I got a very annoying problem. I just upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 and Installed Avast Internet Security like always.
After a restart I got a message from Avast that the Network Shield was turned off and also my Network Adapter wasn't working anymore.

After some research I got a lot of unknown devices in the Device Manager, all of them from Avast. I uninstalled Avast and my Network Adapter worked again.

Looks like a very critical bug in the Avast software.

What is going on :(?

EDIT:
Looks like someone got the exact same problem:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=115423.0

I got the Netgear N900 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter.
« Last Edit: February 19, 2013, 04:13:08 PM by MagicFeather »