That is a first time?

[Morro41]

Okay, I have been using the Slinjet browser from Flashpeak for a very ... very long time, and till just a few minutes ago I also never hat a problem with updating Slimjet with Avast installed. I wanted to update to the latest version, but when using the online update I could not do so? ( I got a warning that I did not have the right permission for that action. ) So I downloaded the offline installer for Slimjet, and I did not get a warning this time so I thought it was updated.

Still, I checked anyway to see if the browser was indeed updated. Turned out it was not updated? So I tried to see if temporarily disabling the Avast Shields would allow me to install the browser update, and it turned out it did indeed update this time. BUT I never hat to do this before, and although I realise that the chances of something bad happening on my computer are pretty darn slim, I still do not like to temporarily disable the shields. So does anyone have an idea as to why I suddenly hat to use this method? ( It should not have to be done this way. )

By the way, excluding the files/folder did not seem to help either. ( Well, that or I did something wrong? )

[stibi]

1. - which OS?
2. - what did you exclude?

[Eddy]

I got a warning that I did not have the right permission for that action

That is a Windows message.

[Morro41]

1. - which OS?
2. - what did you exclude?

I use Windows 8.1 64bit. And I tried excluding the program folder C:\Program Files\Slimjet\ and the offline installation file sjtsetup_x64.exe.

@Eddy

Yeah, I know, but once I shortly deactivated the shields to try the update again ( Which then worked. ) I did not get the warning. So would that not mean that it is connected to my OS and Avast together? ( Maybe because of the hardened mode from Avast? )

[bob3160]

If it was Avast, you would have gotten a warning from Avast.

[Morro41]

Okay, just now it happened again. I hat to disable the shields temporarily in order for me to install the update for the Slimjet browser?  Avast should look into this in my opinion.

[bob3160]

Okay, just now it happened again. I hat to disable the shields temporarily in order for me to install the update for the Slimjet browser?  Avast should look into this in my opinion.

Why did you have to disable the shields If you want help, please give details.

[Morro41]

Okay, just now it happened again. I hat to disable the shields temporarily in order for me to install the update for the Slimjet browser?  Avast should look into this in my opinion.

Why did you have to disable the shields If you want help, please give details.

It is described in my OP, but in short, with the last two updates for the Slimjet browser I hat to disable the shields for a short time. It did not matter if I used the online method or the offline install file. The update can be run and it looks like it happened when I kept the shields on, but after the update a check inside Slimjet when it is running showed me that it was still the previous version. After I disabled the shields for a short time these last two updates ... then and only then did the updates get really done?

[Morro41]

No one?

[bob3160]

No one?

Don't use your browser. However, never disabled the shields for the browsers I do use (Chrome,Firefox,Opera) and never had a problem with updates.

[Morro41]

Well I still do not understand how or why it happened, but either Avast or Flashpeak did something, because the online update just worked with out me having to do what I did the first two times. So as far as I am concerned my problem is solved.