NEW: Avast 17.2.2288

[DavidR]

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On Fri, 17 Mar at 12:03 AM , <snip email address> wrote:
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare will fail to load all textures and the game will crash if started with Avast file shield enabled. If i disable the file shield all textures will load and game runs fine. I can then re-enable the shield and game will run normally. This started after last update that included game mode. It does not matter if game mode is enabled or disable game still fails to load all textures with file shield enabled.

If that is your email in your post, I strongly suggest you remove it (as I have in the quote), unless you like spam. These forums are publically available so your email could get harvested and added to spam lists.

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Avast is freezed when "cancel" checking unknown file of CyberCapture.

[Alikhan]

Avast is freezed when "cancel" checking unknown file of CyberCapture.

Please create your own thread explaining how to reproduce the issue.

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I had to uninstall Avast after this update.  I thought it was the Windows updates pushed this week so I did an image restore to mid February and with the Windows updates gone I seemed fine.  The first thing I did was update Avast, and it broke me again - no applications or system processes (Task Manager, Settings) would start, they all produced error 0xc0000005.  I could only uninstall Avast using Programs and Features if I disabled it, and then I ran AvastClean in safe mode, and now I seem to be running fine.  I have no idea what that was about - I was surely protected against viruses if I couldn't run anything!  I run Windows 10.  I've used Avast a long time but I can't have my PC just being a paperweight so I had to say goodbye to it.  I have no idea why this happened.

[bob3160]

I had to uninstall Avast after this update.  I thought it was the Windows updates pushed this week so I did an image restore to mid February and with the Windows updates gone I seemed fine.  The first thing I did was update Avast, and it broke me again - no applications or system processes (Task Manager, Settings) would start, they all produced error 0xc0000005.  I could only uninstall Avast using Programs and Features if I disabled it, and then I ran AvastClean in safe mode, and now I seem to be running fine.  I have no idea what that was about - I was surely protected against viruses if I couldn't run anything!  I run Windows 10.  I've used Avast a long time but I can't have my PC just being a paperweight so I had to say goodbye to it.  I have no idea why this happened.

What firewall program are you running

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I'm just running Windows Firewall.  I used to use Online Armor but they went away.

[bob3160]

I'm just running Windows Firewall.  I used to use Online Armor but they went away.

Did you uninstall the program
From looking at the forum, there are other reports of the same error code.
You may need to wait for Avast to fix that problem if it turns out to be their problem.
The 0xc0000005 error code has been reported to Avast.

[Asyn]

The 0xc0000005 error code has been reported to Avast.

Hi guys, see: https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB268#idt_500

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Thanks!  I thought perhaps it had been reported but various searches did not turn up anything.  I did uninstall, because I didn't know what component might be causing it, if any, and the computer was dead till I fixed it.

[Asyn]

You're welcome.

[nightshade]

Is anyone experiencing a problem event (Bluescreen) which causes the operating system to restart? I've since gone into safemode and it says it's called Bluescreen.

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Good morning, someone with rebooting machines alone today because of Avast? When they uninstall it, they stop rebooting, and I think it has to do with an update that was released this morning.

[Alikhan]

Good morning, someone with rebooting machines alone today because of Avast? When they uninstall it, they stop rebooting, and I think it has to do with an update that was released this morning.

If you're running Windows 7, see this thread : https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=199156.0

[Andy164]

For the future:
Is deactivating automatic virus definition updates, testing it locally by myself and aftwards mass-updating via web console if okay?

Is this the really the only way to not get stalled by AVAST in case of QA failure?
I really don't want to endanger the Business Continuity in my organization.

Greetings from Berne, Switzerland

[DavidR]

For the future:
Is deactivating automatic virus definition updates, testing it locally by myself and aftwards mass-updating via web console if okay?

Is this the really the only way to not get stalled by AVAST in case of QA failure?
I really don't want to endanger the Business Continuity in my organization.

Greetings from Berne, Switzerland

A point to note Disabling Auto Virus Definition Updates on the VPS also disables the streaming updates.

You have posted in the Avast Free Antivirus / Pro Antivirus / Internet Security/ Premier forum, if you are using an avast for business product (I don't know if they get streaming updates or not), you might want to ask this question in the avast for business https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=77.0 forums.