Like many of these professionals I went to do some 'reg' cleaning and such and found the following start-up entry (as well as conime.exe once again running that no one seems to want to help but that a different thread). Seriously, has Google paid you so much you forgot what client privacy is ALL about? And why am I finding out it connect with google to do this?
I had no idea Avast was no longer the company it started as and is now simply another Google company.
This morning (23 Nov.), WinPatrol alerted me that avast had placed an emergency update in my startup, to be run upon reboot.
Emergency Update 20131121 (presumably the date, 2013-11-21) ,
filename: 4749EAC5-AD58-436B-8F6C-CB01BA377D62.EXE
[EDIT: It seems the executable filename is random/different for every person.]
At first, I thought/expected this was a RUN-ONCE, to fix something... but after rebooting (and presumably having run), I see it remains in my startup list to be run EVERY time I reboot.
1) Can someone enlighten us as to the nature (reason) for this emergency update? What did it address/fix?
2) Why is this fix running every time I reboot, rather than just doing the job once?
System info: Avast 8 on Win7x64 Pro SP1
Seriously Avast... what is going on and how much did Google pay you to sale us out just like they sold us out to the NSA?
I have no idea what changes could have taken place in the3 Avast organization but its obvious marketing has become MUCH moreimportant to Avast than security... from it CONTINUALLY asking if I want Chrome (both installed and as my default browser) every program update.
Why does the entry (see pic) NOT get removed from my startup and why such a vague description?
On the other hand, the file IS digitally signed by avast, so it should be legitimate.
This used to be the case; however, SSL certificates and Digital File signatures are a matter of hours to LEGITMATLY fake and decrypt at this point in the game. If anyone was paying attention 2 years ago; this was already discussed and proven as one german hacker (who will still break certs and sigs for $$$) did it with a PS3 super build (multiple PS3's SCSI'd together as a kind of supercomputer)... he's is still getting paid.
At this point someone said it best and I coulnt find there post to quote:
If the majority consensus just stops buying a thing... will the company go out of business (regardless of stock trades)?
I added the last part in parenthesis to accentuate the message.
#33rd -look at the logic gentlemen and ladies; this aint right.
WHAT HAPPENBED TO THE REAL AVAST AND THERE ORIGINAL MISSION? (...at this point its getting rather close to being worth the headache of the bottlenecking Norton creates)