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As we have just released our new major version (V8), we would love to hear your feedback. So, how did we do?

It's great. I love it.
191 (28.4%)
So far so good. It is an improvement over V7 but we will see.
165 (24.5%)
About the same as V7
50 (7.4%)
I don't like the new version. Where can I get the download links for V7?
167 (24.8%)
It's rubbish.
100 (14.9%)

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hake

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #480 on: July 13, 2013, 08:39:37 PM »
I run Windows XP SP3 and use Avast free 8.0.1489 with Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 8.1 and EMET 4.0.

I am delighted with Avast 8, have had no problems with it and system performance is excellent for an ancient AMD Athlon XP 3000+ based system.  It appears effective as a defence.  I do not use the Updater as I have other trusted arrangements.  I like to make manual choices in the area of managing software updates.

I was glad to find that the Windows 8 Metro inspired GUI is easy to navigate and to read.

Hope you keep Avast available for XP users after April 2014.  EMET 4.0 is especially valuable as a last line of defence but one which I do not wish to solely rely on.

Avast Email Shield is very capable and the SSL feature is great and allows me to use Virgin email.

I cannot recommend Avast 8 highly enough.

 :)
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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #481 on: July 13, 2013, 10:16:39 PM »
Hi Hake,
Nice combination of protection. Yes, EMET 4.0 is really nice. I just want to mention that EMET is kind of trial and error while setting up processes and can sometimes break things if not set up correctly.

For instance, adding Google Chrome using EMET defaults causes all my Chrome add-ons to crash. To keep this from happening, SEHOP needs to be unticked. This is what I mean by trial and error.

Great tool though. I wouldn't do without it.
« Last Edit: July 13, 2013, 10:34:25 PM by Charyb »
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Arnold72

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #482 on: July 13, 2013, 10:25:23 PM »
After a few glitches in regard to installing avast 8 i can safely say i am thoroughly impressed with avast 8 and thankful i finally got it installed.
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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #483 on: July 13, 2013, 11:27:52 PM »
Quote from: Arnold72 on July 13, 2013, 10:25:23 PM
After a few glitches in regard to installing avast 8 i can safely say i am thoroughly impressed with avast 8 and thankful i finally got it installed.
What glitches and how did you resolve them ???
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Arnold72

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #484 on: July 14, 2013, 12:38:47 AM »
It would seem a program called comodo programs manager was causing an issue with avast 8 at boot up.Removal of the comodo program seems to have resolved it.
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Aventador

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #485 on: July 14, 2013, 12:47:17 AM »
Quote from: Arnold72 on July 14, 2013, 12:38:47 AM
It would seem a program called comodo programs manager was causing an issue with avast 8 at boot up.Removal of the comodo program seems to have resolved it.

But yet you blamed Avast in every post. Go figure.  ::)
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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #486 on: July 14, 2013, 01:29:29 AM »
Quote from: Arnold72 on July 14, 2013, 12:38:47 AM
It would seem a program called comodo programs manager was causing an issue with avast 8 at boot up.Removal of the comodo program seems to have resolved it.
I believe I mentioned a long time ago that the Dragon was probably interfering with avast. Guess I was right.
The Comodo Dragon struck again.  >:(
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Aventador

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #487 on: July 14, 2013, 01:33:25 AM »
Quote from: bob3160 on July 14, 2013, 01:29:29 AM
Quote from: Arnold72 on July 14, 2013, 12:38:47 AM
It would seem a program called comodo programs manager was causing an issue with avast 8 at boot up.Removal of the comodo program seems to have resolved it.
I believe I mentioned a long time ago that the Dragon was probably interfering with avast. Guess I was right.
The Comodo Dragon struck again.  >:(

I told him that as well. But Comodo gets inside peoples minds are makes them crazy.  :o
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Arnold72

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #488 on: July 14, 2013, 02:10:54 AM »
Quote from: Aventador on July 14, 2013, 12:47:17 AM
Quote from: Arnold72 on July 14, 2013, 12:38:47 AM
It would seem a program called comodo programs manager was causing an issue with avast 8 at boot up.Removal of the comodo program seems to have resolved it.

But yet you blamed Avast in every post. Go figure.  ::)
Yes you are quite right i did blame avast and i was wrong to do so.
It seems the comodo programs manager is not being supported anymore,,comodo does have a habit of creating software and then abandoning it months down the line.
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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #489 on: July 14, 2013, 02:27:08 AM »
Quote from: Arnold72 on July 14, 2013, 02:10:54 AM
Quote from: Aventador on July 14, 2013, 12:47:17 AM
Quote from: Arnold72 on July 14, 2013, 12:38:47 AM
It would seem a program called comodo programs manager was causing an issue with avast 8 at boot up.Removal of the comodo program seems to have resolved it.

But yet you blamed Avast in every post. Go figure.  ::)
Yes you are quite right i did blame avast and i was wrong to do so.
It seems the comodo programs manager is not being supported anymore,,comodo does have a habit of creating software and then abandoning it months down the line.
The abandonment usually happens after the promises made within the program can not be fulfilled.
Something I've personally experienced and when complaining about it, felt the wrath or Mileah.  >:( ;D
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Aventador

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #490 on: July 14, 2013, 02:33:43 AM »
Comodo Internet Security is a great FREE security suite. But it is best to use the entire suite alone. When you start combining security software you are bound to get conflicts. I myself might switch to CIS 6.2 for haha's. Avast is probably the best FREE antivirus on the market. People complain about this and complain about that. Well go ahead and try Avira, AVG, Panda Cloud and Bitdefender Free. You will find Avast superior to all of them. AVG installs "AVG search" and hijacks your Google searches. Even after uninstalling it your default search engine is AVG. AVG Free also runs 6-8 processes adding up to about 25-30MB. Avast runs 2 processes adding up to about 8-10MB.
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Thundagia

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #491 on: July 14, 2013, 03:23:19 AM »
I like it! Although i think the gui style theyre going for is a bit too windows-8-like wise for me. 
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ManFromOz

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #492 on: July 14, 2013, 08:27:27 AM »
I'm impressed!   :)
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Arnold72

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #493 on: July 15, 2013, 12:48:37 AM »
I am very satisfied with avast 8 performance and overall looks.
I was having some bizarre problems with it before but it all seems to have ironed out very nicely.

Nothing to complain about and its free..
Bravo avast team.
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Muzzerboy

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Re: Poll: How do you like Avast V8?
« Reply #494 on: July 15, 2013, 05:37:01 AM »
I voted rubbish.

I have to say I've no idea what it's actually like because it bricked my PC. Well, it reduced it to the black screen / pointer. Very minimalist - too much so for my taste.

So far no sign of a fix from Avast. GIVE ME A BOOTABLE FIX. Or reimburse me for the time and hassle completely reinstalling my entire setup?

Whoever "tested" the release might like to spend some time coming up with a fix. SOON.
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