...and then it asked me 'Do you want to run this program? You should only run programs that come from publishers you trust.'
I was just wondering about the dialog pop up, did you get a chance to screnshot it? Did it look like this or was it a bonafied actual Avast Warning Dialog Box (said Avast on it somewhere, usually at the top):
***I am aware this is a warning from Java to let me know the app/website is not signed, or signed properly but the site has a FULLY SIGNED cert... even Java dot com elevates the prompt. Every Java app signed or not. I removed the website name as my ISP is checking this out***If this is the same dialog box then there is something going on with Java and your Avast not updating was a mere symptom. If you were being victim of the ZERODAY java hole just re-found (it was pointed out a while ago but Oracle did nothing), it would be smart to intefere with a valid update to Avast in case Avast caught it first. That I know of, Avast doesnt Utilise Java (..is this correct modds?) so it may have been an attempt to get you to allow an illicit users Java protocoling rights in your system. Its an old tactic.
There is a couple of spots where someone is trying to add this line:
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "queuePrintJob";`
Manually to file:
C:\program files\Java\jre.1.5.0\lib\security
No more message displays..
How can I solve this? Like signed applet?The answer given:
"Digitally sign the code and then convince the user to OK it when prompted at (before) load, and the applet should be able to do further secure actions (print, access personal information, trash the user's disks or install the slave-bot..) unprompted." -its obvious the point of the intial request is getting a user to unknowningly allow bad Java on their system and think nothing is strange, as my recent occurences have been on VALID java signed sites but still get the warning of a Java app NOT being verifiable. This would be a solid work around for the covering of the Java ZERODAY exploit just fixed. I dont care really what its all about, I only care about it reporting one site as not signed.
Now, I have had the problem with Windows saying Avast is turned off multiple times and no one has answered why this notification from the security center happens and assure me that Avast is still running. Iv been told its a 'conflict' with the Windows Security Center on occassion, but the smoothness the Avast FW has intergrated with Windows Firewall Services makes me doubt the Avast team would be so sloppy they didnt insure conflict resolution with Windows Security Center. Iv also been told its probably a GUI, to remove Avast (including using the aswclear tool. Iv been told many things but nothing narrowed down. Although it hasnt happened for a few weeks now after a few clever adjustments of MSTaskSchedulerEvents, GPEDIT.MSC, and some 'hidden services' being unhidden, Im still waiting for it to happen again.
Also, in November and December, I would be told my Anti-virus was not turned on Windows. My Avast icon on the bottom would be fine, or it wouldnt have the 'EXCLAMATION' on it in the task bar. But, when I would open Avast it would show me that either my WEB SHIELD or my MAIL SHIELD or my SCRIPT SHIELD was turned off and I couldnt turn it back on through the GUI or the notification. I would re-start and try a repair and end up with the following 'repaired' GUI (after another restart):
Iv heard of people creating their own stripped down versions of programs but thats going overboard 
Windows Security Center would also have an Alert listed, but no notification pop-up that Windows Defender needed to scan my computer as though it was a scheduled TaskEvent but wasnt. One of the times I had Windows Defender turned off completly!
Here, have some logs from Avast when it did the cool stripped down GUI (attached). Im lost.
