Forum relaunch

[Asyn]

Well, this took a while, but glad we're (finally) back.

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My username got replaced with my email address. Can we change it?

Unfortunately not, as the myavast account is based on an email address.

Then is there a way to grant us to hide our Username (not our Display name) as I do not feel comfortable sharing my email address.

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After being hacked you turn to Simple Machines For a Forum? This is amazing. If Avast cannot maintain a secure forum, why should I trust Avast with my PC? I guess you had to get a free forum my god. I cannot believe this.

The other being? Using something like Geekstogo does? Which would cost thousands a year. Assuming between Guests, Admins/Mods, Registered users. Let's say you have what 450 online at once?

https://www.invisionpower.com/pricing/

There is a more secure free alternative such as MyBB.

[Para-Noid]

My username got replaced with my email address. Can we change it?

Unfortunately not, as the myavast account is based on an email address.

Then is there a way to grant us to hide our Username (not our Display name) as I do not feel comfortable sharing my email address.

If you pay attention you will notice the forums now use a "https" connection.
Whereas before it was a "http" connection. "https" is encrypted which makes using
the forums more secure.

[DavidR]

My username got replaced with my email address. Can we change it?

Unfortunately not, as the myavast account is based on an email address.

Then is there a way to grant us to hide our Username (not our Display name) as I do not feel comfortable sharing my email address.

Where do you think this isn't hidden ?

It is only viewable in your Profile settings and only you can see that. Others users that are logged on can view a limited sub-set of the users profile.

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My apology. We could view both username and display name in our old setting -- it looks like it is already hidden. Thank you very much for the replies and again my sincere apology.

[DavidR]

My apology. We could view both username and display name in our old setting -- it looks like it is already hidden. Thank you very much for the replies and again my sincere apology.

You're welcome.

I believe this setting is disabled by default > Profile > Account Settings - Email and uncheck the 'Allow users to email me.' If not uncheck this option.

[REDACTED]

Hey guys, happy to see the forum back. I was scared a bit when i seen the forum dead by a hacker... I hope that dont happen again...

Mr.Agent

[TrueIndian]

Lukas I have the same issue can you help out...I dont have the old email ID anymore since I made a completely new onw 

True Indian.

[Cyberpunk]

using the same email address at forum and my.avast account is desired state. If you had an account at my.avast.com already - with the same email address as at forum - then those two accounts were bind together. Just login to your my.avast account should allow you to access the forum as well.

I already sent Lukas a PM and agreed to wait it out until Monday. My response is only meant for other users with the same problem.

Both my accounts at my.avast.com and forum.avast.com have the same e-mail address. However, after logging in both accounts were not merged and I got an error message stating that I could not change my name to my old profile.

PLEASE, note that if you forgot your my.avast password then the Reset password request may end in your SPAM folder...

I tried resetting my password several times and those e-mails did not end up in my Junk folder. Unfortunately, they didn't enable me to recover my old profile either...

[Cyberpunk]

Apparently I was using another e-mailaddress for this forum. I found out thanks to Lukas. I totally forgot about that! I feel a bit silly now...  Anyway, I did a password reset and here I am,with my old account. 

[bob3160]

Apparently I was using another e-mailaddress for this forum. I found out thanks to Lukas. I totally forgot about that! I feel a bit silly now... <$1alt="" title="" onresizestart="return false;" id="smiley__$2" style="padding: 0 3px 0 3px;" /> Anyway, I did a password reset and here I am,with my old account. <$1alt="" title="" onresizestart="return false;" id="smiley__$2" style="padding: 0 3px 0 3px;" />

That's most likely the case for the rest of the folks having a problem with their account.
Especially those that didn't want to use their regular email address when they signed up for the forum.

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Glad to see that Avast forums are up and running 

[nalo89]

I found it somewhat confusing but then again perhaps my nearly 79 years old brain is on the wane! I finally did manage to get back my original handle of EXAKTA. Perhaps it would be easier if there were instructions alongside each box you have to enter data in.

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Welcome Back.I find a lot of interesting information here.And links to good software.I learned a lot,in the past,from posters that frequent these boards.And am sure I will find things of interest in the future.

The support given on this forum is second to none.