AVAST 8 Program update! (8.0.1489)

[JohnDow]

I just tried installing this newest version. Nothing like a good old reboot loop with this. Running a Windows 7 Pro Ultimate 64-bit version. Hope you can figure this out, because I've been very happy with Avast until this.

[nanten]

Yeah, good old restart loop here too.

"windows has encountered a critical error and will restart in one minute"

And yes, it's avast.

[bob3160]

Yeah, good old restart loop here too.

"windows has encountered a critical error and will restart in one minute"

And yes, it's avast.

Unfortunately complaints without details and a willingness to supply information will not resolve the problem or help anyone
including your own problem. 

[2jcepeda]

I'm still using ver.7.0.1474 and every time I boot up my laptop I get the big messages in the bottom right side to upgrade to ver.8 by now from what I can see the new version is very stable so I’m ready to do the upgrade.   Is there a place where I can go to get upgrade instructions?  I’m not a pc expert and I want to avoid problems that I usually run into every time I make changes to my pc.

[Aventador]

I'm still using ver.7.0.1474 and every time I boot up my laptop I get the big messages in the bottom right side to upgrade to ver.8 by now from what I can see the new version is very stable so I’m ready to do the upgrade.   Is there a place where I can go to get upgrade instructions?  I’m not a pc expert and I want to avoid problems that I usually run into every time I make changes to my pc.

Right at the beginning of this thread. Or just click the prompts to upgrade.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=123563.msg937973#msg937973

[bob3160]

I'm still using ver.7.0.1474 and every time I boot up my laptop I get the big messages in the bottom right side to upgrade to ver.8 by now from what I can see the new version is very stable so I’m ready to do the upgrade.   Is there a place where I can go to get upgrade instructions?  I’m not a pc expert and I want to avoid problems that I usually run into every time I make changes to my pc.

It's as easy as 1 . . 2. . . 3





If you would prefer to do a clean install of avast!8, follow the direction given at:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=93544.msg915130#msg915130

[JohnDow]

Yeah, good old restart loop here too.

"windows has encountered a critical error and will restart in one minute"

And yes, it's avast.

Unfortunately complaints without details and a willingness to supply information will not resolve the problem or help anyone
including your own problem.
 

Hi,

Regarding my earlier post about an endless reboot loop with this version of Avast! Free, here are some details:

- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- New Windows installation to an empty 120GB SSD, only Windows Updates installed (and Mozilla Firefox)
- Obviously, no previous version or security software
- According to ntbtlog.txt the last driver to load before reboot is mrxsmb20.sys
- Have had to use system restore to be able to boot to Windows

Let me know if you need some additional information.

[mxbaran707]

The day it became available, the internal update engine loaded it. Working great, and I like the interface. Kool...









AMD Vision 64 1.6G 4Gig RAM Win7SP1/64 IE 10

[subhendu]

is avast 8 a powerful antivirus (free version)? can i use avast with any other firewall?  where will get the link to manually download the virus signature data base and update avast? 

[Asyn]

1. is avast 8 a powerful antivirus (free version)?
2. can i use avast with any other firewall? 
3. where will get the link to manually download the virus signature data base and update avast? 

1. Sure.
2. With most of them.
3. -> http://www.avast.com/download-update

[true indian]

is avast 8 a powerful antivirus (free version)? can i use avast with any other firewall?  where will get the link to manually download the virus signature data base and update avast? 

There is no such 100% effective antivirus program because everyday 50000 of viruses come out and with this fact every AV is just statistically effective so you should be exercising self caution that means your best side by buddy to avast should be your brian. 

My numbers are bit low...the number is now 100 000 +  viruses everyday

The malware numbers game: how many viruses are out there?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/the-malware-numbers-game-how-many-viruses-are-out-there/4783
http://www.mcafee.com/in/about/news/2012/q3/20120904-01.aspx

[subhendu]

i want to use avast 8 in my new pc. right now it is running comodo antivirus so my question is can i use avast 8 with comodo firewall? or i need to deactivate behavior blocker of avast during the avast installation. please give me proper information for this.

using windows 8 32 bit, 64 bit processor.

[DavidR]

i want to use avast 8 in my new pc. right now it is running comodo antivirus so my question is can i use avast 8 with comodo firewall? or i need to deactivate behavior blocker of avast during the avast installation. please give me proper information for this.

using windows 8 32 bit, 64 bit processor.

This really should be in its own topic, it will just be lost in this unrelated topic. You can also try the forum search as this is a frequently asked question.

[subhendu]

is avast 8 free antivirus protection and detection is rate is high than any other antivirus 

[bob3160]

is avast 8 free antivirus protection and detection is rate is high than any other antivirus 

A silly question to ask on the Avast forum.
If we didn't think that avast! is better than another product, we wouldn't be using it.