Hi. Long time reader, first time poster. I updated both of my computers (desktop and laptop) to Avast Internet Security 7.0.1451 a few hours ago. I used the internal program updater. I thought everything was going well until I tested out running Google Chrome sandboxed. When I go to EICAR and click on one of their files, I get an Avast warning as normal. When I close the browser, however, I get an instant crash and computer reboot. This does not happen if I run Chrome outside the sandbox and check the EICAR files. It does not happen with Firefox or IE either. It happens with Chrome sandboxed on both my laptop and desktop. I have repeated it about three times on both machines. Oh, it also only seems to happen when a warning notice has been encountered. If I run Chrome sandboxed and just go to regular pages, it closes without crashing the computer.
I am uninstalling and going back to the previous version of Avast Internet Security on my laptop. I will see how it goes.
Here are the specifics of my machines:
Desktop – AMD Phenom IIx4 820 2800Mhz, Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit, 6GB RAM, Avast Internet Security 7.0.1451, MBAM Pro 1.61.0.1400 Realtime, Google Chrome 19.0.1084.56 m
Laptop - Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor SU7300 : 1.3 GHz, Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit, 4GB RAM, Avast Internet Security 7.0.1451, MBAM Pro 1.61.0.1400 Realtime, Google Chrome 19.0.1084.56 m