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Offline Para-Noid

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Shutdown Issue [Resolved]
« on: March 24, 2017, 02:51:50 PM »
Is anyone else having issues with avast preventing Windows shutdown?
I click "shutdown" and avast is preventing my laptop from shutting down.
I still need to hold down the power button for total shutdown.
« Last Edit: March 24, 2017, 03:28:04 PM by Para-Noid »
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Re: Shutdown Issue
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2017, 02:52:42 PM »
It's working fine here using the latest stable version.

Which version you running and have you ran a repair/clean install?
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Re: Shutdown Issue
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2017, 02:54:16 PM »
Clean install and a repair.
Here goes another repair.
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Re: Shutdown Issue
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2017, 03:11:28 PM »
You are currently seeing windows notification avast as being the program that needs to be closed to proceed with restart or shutdown?
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Re: Shutdown Issue
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2017, 03:17:17 PM »
It's working fine here using the latest stable version.
No problems here either (latest beta).
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Re: Shutdown Issue
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2017, 03:27:32 PM »
It took another repair. All is good.
Should've known better.  :-[
Clean install>reboot>repair>reboot>repair>reboot>repair>reboot>shutdown Windows>fixed.

Thanks to all for your input!
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Re: Shutdown Issue [Resolved]
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2017, 03:29:31 PM »
You're welcome. :)
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
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Re: Shutdown Issue [Resolved]
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2017, 02:11:57 PM »
me too, same problem
reinstalling avast solved the issue for a couple of days
today same problem again