To jacemace, hallucinogenix, Hectic4409, Ragesh and JuliquE:
- Did you install Avast on a different partition then the Windows system drive (C:)?
- Do you have different filesystems on the C drive and the partition where Avast is installed?
No, to both your questions, mate. Sorry to hear of your troubles; you're not alone, as you can see.
Hi all,
yes the version 2006,2007 and 2008 were forced to the latest version 2021. These versions are obsolete with minor share and for us it's difficult to keep them up to date via additional updates. Version 2021 is public for few weeks and so far running well for most of the users. If you still feel that version 2021 is not the right for you then please install the previous version 2018.
Martin
'Preciate the explanation of what happened, if somewhat belated; would have saved a lot of time/hassle, had we known that any efforts to "fix" things would be futile, and you'd think it standard for something like this to be communicated, prior to any action taken (as hallucinogenix pointed out, it could even lead to some systems being unprotected, for a duration). Anyway.. this is why I didn't make my own thread; at first, you notice a similar subject as to what you might want to post (just as you're always asked to search, before posting, on a "help" forum).. so, you see if there's anything in there to help you. The matter, here, was still unresolved, when I first posted.. so, I thought it helpful to include my own experiences with the same issue, providing a bit of perspective on the matter, in so doing. If it's discovered that, whilst exhibiting similar symptoms, the cause(s) for this problem is down to a variety of things, unique to each of our own setups, then I don't think anyone would be against making their own thread; for the regulars here to generically paste a reply instructing the individuals engaged in a discussion on the matter to post their own threads is just silly. When it makes sense to do so, there would be no objections; now that Martin has posted, it should be clear that making individual threads, straight away, in which we dissect our computer's components and retrace our actions, only to further fiddle with settings and chronicling it all, along the way, would have been WAY premature, and would have only been more of a waste (again.. this is why it should be communicated, ahead of time).
Right, well.. I don't think it's a matter of v2021 not being "right" for us; as I've mentioned earlier in the thread: we'd all like to be using the latest stuff, all things equal -- it's a matter of whether or not it's working, and your wording suggests we've a choice, when the whole reason we're posting here is because we've encountered problems. This alludes to my next point.
Missing from your post is any acknowledgement of, either, potential/common causes for the issues listed here as catalysts for us reverting to older versions of Avast, in the first place, and Avast's intentions to maybe address them (or not) in future versions (i.e. PC freezing with versions later than 2008, webshield issues, etc.), or an admission of your ignorance on the subject, altogether (hard to believe the latter is true, with seemingly so many opting to take a chance using older versions, which is always risky, given the potential for newer malware to exploit it).
At any rate, I reckon that, were there to be a fix coming, you'd have mentioned it.. so, I'll just assume that there isn't -- not sure WHAT we're supposed to do with v2018, when it was repeatedly reported that any versions past v2008 were causing issues (read: we're not just rebels, that simply MUST use an older version, just for the sake of it); alas, I've already had to make the switch to AVG.. but, to be fair, it's growing on me -- my computer starts 12% faster, now, as it reported to me (noticed as much, too). Shame, though, after what must be a decade or so, give or take, using Avast.
D'ah well. Thanks, again.