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Offline Spec8472

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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #60 on: February 24, 2017, 03:59:35 PM »
Can you please specify your CPU and OS?

I can confirm that with that option enabled by default, my VM ran much much slower, UI was slowly rendered. Switched off the option in troubleshoting -> reboot -> the VM worked flawlessly again like nothing happened

Please fix it. We don't want to uncheck that option but we have to do so to regain the speed of other apps

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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #61 on: February 24, 2017, 04:00:47 PM »
Spec -

1)  Here's a copy of the most recent ! Error in that log:
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Log Name:      Microsoft-Windows-Virtual PC/Admin
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Virtual PC
Date:          2/24/2017 8:59:04 AM
Event ID:      108
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:     
User:          WINDOWS-B686H5R\glnz
Computer:      WINDOWS-B686H5R
Description:
'Windows XP Mode' experienced a fatal processor error and has been turned off.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Virtual PC" Guid="{[36 hex digits]}" />
    <EventID>108</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-02-24T13:59:04.989077200Z" />
    <EventRecordID>1919</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="1208" ThreadID="3040" />
    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Virtual PC/Admin</Channel>
    <Computer>WINDOWS-B686H5R</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-[10-10-10 digits]-1000" />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="String1">Windows XP Mode</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>


2)  vpcvmm.sys is version 6.1.7601.17514  (Date modified 11/20/2010 at 8:34am)
« Last Edit: June 05, 2019, 01:30:18 PM by glnz »
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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #62 on: February 24, 2017, 06:52:08 PM »
Can you please specify your CPU and OS?

I can confirm that with that option enabled by default, my VM ran much much slower, UI was slowly rendered. Switched off the option in troubleshoting -> reboot -> the VM worked flawlessly again like nothing happened

Please fix it. We don't want to uncheck that option but we have to do so to regain the speed of other apps
here you are
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OS Name   Microsoft Windows 10 Home   
Version   10.0.14393 Build 14393   
Other OS Description    Not Available   
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation   
System Manufacturer   Hewlett-Packard   
System Model   HP ENVY dv6 Notebook PC   
System Type   x64-based PC   
System SKU   C2Y39AV   
Processor   Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)   
BIOS Version/Date   Insyde F.2D, 08/04/2014   
SMBIOS Version   2.7   
Embedded Controller Version   52.24   
BIOS Mode   UEFI   
BaseBoard Manufacturer   Hewlett-Packard   
BaseBoard Model   Not Available   
BaseBoard Name   Base Board   
Platform Role   Mobile   
Secure Boot State   Off   
PCR7 Configuration   Binding Not Possible   
Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS   
System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32   
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume2   
Locale   United States   
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "10.0.14393.206"   
Time Zone   Central Europe Standard Time   
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)   8.00 GB   
Total Physical Memory   7.89 GB   
Available Physical Memory   4.42 GB   
Total Virtual Memory   7.89 GB   
Available Virtual Memory   4.27 GB   
Page File Space   0 bytes   
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions   Yes   
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions   Yes   
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware   Yes   
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection   Yes   

« Last Edit: February 24, 2017, 06:55:54 PM by Evjls »

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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #63 on: February 25, 2017, 07:58:16 AM »
Thank you Evjls, the CPU should handle nested virtualization without problems. What is your virtualization software?

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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #64 on: February 25, 2017, 08:35:09 AM »
Thank you Evjls, the CPU should handle nested virtualization without problems. What is your virtualization software?
I use VMware workstation pro 12.5.2 build-4638234 on Windows 10 Home x64 -> virtualized OS: Windows 7 Pro 32 bit

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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #65 on: February 26, 2017, 04:48:52 PM »
I'm using virtual box and it won't start up in virtual mode in win 10 X-64, i5-6600 CPU

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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #66 on: February 27, 2017, 08:35:49 AM »
Can you please provide logs from failed VM startup: it should be present in the folder where the VM files are stored, in the Logs subfolder

I'm using virtual box and it won't start up in virtual mode in win 10 X-64, i5-6600 CPU

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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #67 on: February 27, 2017, 07:38:14 PM »
Hello, I think I have the same problem even with a completely different hardware than the other of the topic The problem occurs with all of the virtual machines, with both VMware hypervisor or virtual box. I performed the minimum avast installation and also the only component web protection shows the same problems, the virtual machines will slowly start and lower performance.
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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #68 on: February 27, 2017, 08:22:47 PM »
Hello, I think I have the same problem even with a completely different hardware than the other of the topic The problem occurs with all of the virtual machines, with both VMware hypervisor or virtual box. I performed the minimum avast installation and also the only component web protection shows the same problems, the virtual machines will slowly start and lower performance.
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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #69 on: February 28, 2017, 03:05:38 PM »
igor and Spec -

What's the story?  When are you sending an update that will fix this (again)?

Others are posting in this forum with the same problem.

Thanks.
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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #70 on: February 28, 2017, 03:48:07 PM »
Hi glnz, I am not able to reproduce your issue, using XP mode without any issues with aswVmm on very similar HW. But starting next version, aswVmm will not use virtualization mechanisms if XP Mode installation is detected.

igor and Spec -

What's the story?  When are you sending an update that will fix this (again)?

Others are posting in this forum with the same problem.

Thanks.

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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #71 on: February 28, 2017, 05:08:28 PM »
Spec - thanks for fast response.

But ...

1)  When Avast doesn't use hardware-assisted virtualization (HAV), is Avast weaker? 
2)  If Avast is weaker without HAV, how?  What risks are greater without HAV?
3)  If Avast is weaker without HAV, and you can't change that, then I would prefer to have the choice I have now:  Leave HAV enabled in Avast until I need to use XP Mode (or other virtual mode), then turn off Avast's HAV manually in "Troubleshooting" while I'm doing a virtual, and turn HAV back on manually when I'm done.  In that circumstance, please do not eliminate this choice.

Kindly give us some detail here.

Of course, what we all want is for Avast to be as strong as possible but not interfere with how we use our PCs.  It's a shame your team can't make that work.

Thanks for helping.
« Last Edit: February 28, 2017, 05:10:05 PM by glnz »
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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #72 on: February 28, 2017, 07:26:49 PM »
Avast is a bit weaker without virtualization as it is used in self-defense, sandbox and antirootkit. But don't worry about detection abilities of standard shields (FS, WEB), it should perform very same even without virtualization.

Spec - thanks for fast response.

But ...

1)  When Avast doesn't use hardware-assisted virtualization (HAV), is Avast weaker? 
2)  If Avast is weaker without HAV, how?  What risks are greater without HAV?
3)  If Avast is weaker without HAV, and you can't change that, then I would prefer to have the choice I have now:  Leave HAV enabled in Avast until I need to use XP Mode (or other virtual mode), then turn off Avast's HAV manually in "Troubleshooting" while I'm doing a virtual, and turn HAV back on manually when I'm done.  In that circumstance, please do not eliminate this choice.

Kindly give us some detail here.

Of course, what we all want is for Avast to be as strong as possible but not interfere with how we use our PCs.  It's a shame your team can't make that work.

Thanks for helping.
« Last Edit: March 01, 2017, 06:32:43 AM by pk »

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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #73 on: February 28, 2017, 08:09:59 PM »
Spec - that sounds -- well -- not great but not too bad.

However, if Avast cannot make its HAV "get out of the way" automatically, then I would still prefer to keep Avast's HAV turned on and have the option to turn it off when I'm doing something virtual.

Please do NOT get rid of it entirely.
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Re: Avast BLOCKS Hardware-Assisted Virtualization !!! Yes it does !!!
« Reply #74 on: March 15, 2017, 05:01:50 PM »
I got slammed with this today.
Avast auto updated with whole new UI.
Using vmware player 12.5.4, disable HAV and it's fine now.