New AVAST 8!

[vojtech]

There is a support page about configuring Thunderbird:
http://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB91#artTitle

[Gopher John]

There is a support page about configuring Thunderbird:
http://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB91#artTitle

Thanks, vojtech.  I've bookmarked for future reference on the forum.  We appreciate your efforts on the Mail Shield support.

[Rosei]

Thanks for the updates

Thanks Richard
Ghana

[john.r.m]

Can connect to gmail acct. Call support, they remotely connect to my computer, tell me that W7 is keeping avast 8 from running correctly and tell me if i want my computer to run correctly its gogin to cost me $120. Meanwhile everything was fine before avast pushed this new version to my computer. Im PISSED

[DavidR]

Can connect to gmail acct. Call support, they remotely connect to my computer, tell me that W7 is keeping avast 8 from running correctly and tell me if i want my computer to run correctly its gogin to cost me $120. Meanwhile everything was fine before avast pushed this new version to my computer. Im PISSED

As I have said in reply to your other post:

It may be best to continue the other points in your own new topic, as it is likely to get buried in this very large topic and we will try to help.

And this topic is even larger.

[owlman]

This new Avast interface is awful. Looks too much like Windows 8. Bring back the previous interface.

[ganejoe]

I got funny think happen with Avast 8 installed on my Windows XP computer. After I'm empty my Recycle Bin, my Recycle Bin icon didn't change from full to empty. I must go recycle bin properties to get the right icon for my recycle bin.

Second, looks like there is so many delay when I'm accesing my files on my harddisk. So much problem I got with Avast 8. When I'm upgrade from Avast 6 to Avast 7 I think I don't have this so so much problem like this.

Why Avast 8 code change drastically form Avast 7?

I hope Avast didn't make the same mistake as M$. With this so much problem that Avast 8 had, is there any stable release in the future?
I remember Opera 12 had so much problem in their first release and until v12.04 there is still some problem with its performance when rendering some website.

I'm surprise that Avast change their Drivers like this in Avast 8. I just though when Avast release v8, it just its interface will change and a little bit on their code. Just like Avast 4 and Avast 6.

btw... thanks to @DavidR for his suggestion to go to Avast forum in Indonesia lang. I like in here @DavidR because I want to practise my english. 

[MSINotebook]

Well, I should like the new avast.
But I am thinking about switching to an other security product.
Why?

1.)
- Because of that stupid facebook registering method. I hate facebook with heart. This is a modern pest in the 21th century.
I hate to see this irritating shit everywhere on the web, and now on the media too.

Dear Avast! Please, remove facebook shits from your security softwares.

2.)
Confusing privacy policy:
I do not know this is because of the poor translation, but at last step when installing avast! a message told me that Avast! will not collect any personal information. A little below after this sentence on the same page, an other sentence stays that every collected information will be used anonymously.
Collecting or not collecting...that is the question.

Even the fact, that this "privacy policy" tab displayed makes me cautious. Why this message should be displayed if a security software should be a safe software basically collecting no personal data at all?

Waiting for your kind answers!

[OsFly]

Curious where you have seen that facecrap logo. you dont need to use it.
And yes, facebook is the biggest spam on internet. but thats the same for some other things.
Just ignore the icon. DOnt expect its betetr with other software. if the dont do facecrap the think the are bad.

aha its hidden under recommend. well you normally dont see that. but preffer that
the hide that big tekst more and place soemthing more important there.

[MSINotebook]

Hi!

Sorry about the privacy policy complain. It was actually the translator's bad.
When I installed avast! on an other PC, I used English language. With English I do not noticed that personal data collecting paradox.  The English policy strings stated that Avast! collect some information about my PC but use it anonymously.
Sorry again.

As for the facecrap issue... here is a screenshot what I am talking about
http://i46.tinypic.com/2djph1i.jpg

Okay, I can ignore it, but why Avast! ?? Why?
Why You put that pest in your software?
You should help users block it, not supporting that guy who started that crap.

[igor]

"Why" is simple - if someone is logged on Facebook (as many people are, like it or not), the registration is much faster as the user just clicks the button, and we get the e-mail address from Facebook (i.e. the user doesn't have to fill in that info). So it's just a convenience feature.

[MSINotebook]

Probably You are right.
But if one cannot afford 1 minute to fill out that form with only a name and email address, than it is a very serious problem in my opinion.
This world is getting stranger from time to time.
I wont be surprised if humanity wiped out suddenly like dinosaurs one day...

[bob3160]

Probably You are right.
But if one cannot afford 1 minute to fill out that form with only a name and email address, than it is a very serious problem in my opinion.
This world is getting stranger from time to time.
I wont be surprised if humanity wiped out suddenly like dinosaurs one day...

They most likely will but that has nothing to do with avast! or Facebook. 

[MSINotebook]

Just a last thought about Facebook...



Every company distributing security softwares should also consider about it.

[cegrace]

I don't like it. It has disabled my thunderbird. cant send or receive. what a mess.