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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #180 on: December 23, 2013, 02:12:52 PM »
The IP logging is a feature of the forum software,not something added by avast.

All forum software does this, some only show the IP to the site staff, here SMF shows you, the poster, and the staff the IP address you came in on.

Nobody else can see your details.
It would be nice if the stored IP addresses were deleted after a while and if only site staff (administrators and tech guys) were able to see them, but that's just my opinion. Let's leave it at that, I don't want to go off-topic any further on this matter.

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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #181 on: December 23, 2013, 02:14:24 PM »
@Harikrishnan in your firewall look for 'AvastEmUpdate.exe' and set them to allow I mean give this file full access through inbound & outbound traffic both ways and your problem is solved.

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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #182 on: December 26, 2013, 08:23:08 PM »
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.  :o

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?

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(...at this point its getting rather close to being worth the headache of the bottlenecking Norton creates)

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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #183 on: December 28, 2013, 11:26:48 AM »
This popped up just a few minutes ago.  If it's no longer going to run at start up why notify me for the umpteenth time?
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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #184 on: December 28, 2013, 12:36:04 PM »
This popped up just a few minutes ago.  If it's no longer going to run at start up why notify me for the umpteenth time?

Why - Just read what is on the WinPatrol screen and then consider the comments about this previously being a run always and you should get your answer.

This is now a RunOnce function as you will see in the WinPatrol Startup Programs tab, you should also see if the 'Notify me if a Startup Auto Setting is Removed' is checked (default option), so WinPatrol is just doing what is asked of it.
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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #185 on: December 28, 2013, 01:46:53 PM »
It's nice to see that this mysterious "Run" entry has been finally removed by one of the updates today ... can confirm it on my machine here too  :)

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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #186 on: December 28, 2013, 02:13:36 PM »
I just  received update 13-12-27-1, and the Emergency Update 2013-11-21 is still showing as "RUN" in my WinPatrol  [Avast8 on Win7x64]

WHICH update(s) is changing it to RUN ONCE and/or removing it?
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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #187 on: December 28, 2013, 02:21:06 PM »
I do not know which update exactly removes this entry, but yesterday evening it was still there and today afternoon it is not there anymore ... without any interaction of my side ... (avast! 2014.9.0.2011 - 131227-01 on Win7 Pro 64, no modified hosts file).
« Last Edit: December 28, 2013, 02:24:21 PM by Sgt.Schumann »

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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #188 on: December 28, 2013, 02:25:35 PM »
I just  received update 13-12-27-1, and the Emergency Update 2013-11-21 is still showing as "RUN" in my WinPatrol  [Avast8 on Win7x64]

WHICH update(s) is changing it to RUN ONCE and/or removing it?

They are in my opinion old/current entries and given what I said about WinPatrol, essentially this is changing to a RunOnce scenario and until you reboot it hasn't RunOnce.
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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #189 on: December 28, 2013, 02:33:58 PM »
The latest run entry has been obviously removed (since it's a RunOnce function), but the related executable with random name in the "emupdate" folder not - it is still there.

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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #190 on: December 28, 2013, 03:00:05 PM »
Yes, I would have thought it would remain until such time as something changes in that executable, used for the actual installation of the emergency update.

This is the RunOnce path of the latest executable (yours will differ as the file names are unique):
SOFTWARE\AVAST\SETUP\EMUPDATE\3A0DABEE-441C-4AA0-AB94-A6718D5A47D3.EXE

Unfortunately it doesn't appear to clean house after these changes.
Currently I have another C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\Setup\emupdate\a3808000-e9de-4728-91cf-2733b10b662a.exe and another

There are also two sub-folders for two of the emupdate executables, neither of which match the latest emupdate executable in the emupdate sub-folder.

This may also be moot, as I haven't rebooted yet to see this after the emupdate, but I rather doubt it will remove the old sub-folders and or old emupdate executables.
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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #191 on: December 28, 2013, 03:43:30 PM »
I just rebooted, and the RUN [every time] entry continues to show in my WinPatrol.
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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #192 on: December 28, 2013, 04:02:33 PM »
I still have a 20131224 entry in my RunOnce key because I haven't rebooted since 8 days ago.

Avast isn't relying upon reboots now for regular updates, is it (i.e., de-emphasizing the "emergency" part)?  That would be wrong for people who don't regularly reboot.

Secondary question:  I hope things are not going to be screwed up by running an outdated emupdate executable after having received other updates the normal way?  This fear may not be founded because I do see that the date on the executable is 12/28 at 3:07 this morning, even though the entry has been there since the 24th.

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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #193 on: December 28, 2013, 04:08:22 PM »
There are also two sub-folders for two of the emupdate executables, neither of which match the latest emupdate executable in the emupdate sub-folder.

I manually removed that empty subfolder with random name a couple of weeks ago (I only had one of them).

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Re: Emergency Update 2013-11-21?
« Reply #194 on: December 28, 2013, 04:18:21 PM »
I just rebooted, and the RUN [every time] entry continues to show in my WinPatrol.

I rebooted a few minutes ago but it didn't show an entry like yours does.
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