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[fixed] Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« on: March 20, 2017, 02:22:13 PM »
What happened?
BSOD on Windows 7 32bit with 170320-0 virus definition update.

How to fix
Fix is included in the 170320-1 virus definition update. To update virus definitions:
  Right click on the Avast tray icon -> Update -> Engine and virus definitions
or:
  Open Avast -> Settings -> Update -> under Virus Definitions and Current version click on the Update button
or:
  Download the offline virus definition updater (vpsupd.exe) from https://www.avast.com/download-update and execute it to apply the virus definition update

When was it fixed?
Timeline (all hours are in CET (Central European Time, GMT +1):
Mar 20 8AM - Virus definition version 170320-0 released
Mar 20 11AM - First mentions on forum about the BSOD
Mar 20 2pm - Release of 170320-1 with the fix started
Mar 20 5:30pm - Virus definition 170320-1 version released

Thank you!
We're very thankful to our Avast users especially those who posted here on the forum! You helped us discover the root cause much faster which drastically sped up our delivery of the fix.

Have a good day,
Petr
« Last Edit: March 20, 2017, 06:14:20 PM by petr.chytil »

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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2017, 02:23:26 PM »
Petr,

How on earth did this pass without being noticed by QA?

Sadly, these issues are becoming a theme with Avast. Far too many major issues.
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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2017, 02:25:22 PM »
Petr,

How on earth did this pass without being noticed by QA?

Sadly, these issues are becoming a theme with Avast. Far too many major issues.
+1 :(
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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2017, 02:40:19 PM »
Petr,

How on earth did this pass without being noticed by QA?

Sadly, these issues are becoming a theme with Avast. Far too many major issues.


+1  :( :( :(
« Last Edit: March 20, 2017, 02:52:18 PM by Alan Cesar »

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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2017, 02:46:04 PM »
Thank you, the full disclosure is much appreciated.
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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2017, 03:08:13 PM »
Petr,

How on earth did this pass without being noticed by QA?

Sadly, these issues are becoming a theme with Avast. Far too many major issues.
If it was occur on weekend! then???
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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2017, 03:18:46 PM »
If it was occur on weekend! then???

@Be Secure :)

Manny issues are put forward by us to Avast Developers directly on Slack, so it doesn't really matter if it is weekend or not.
Also this issue was reported on Slack by Asyn as soon as he noticed it.

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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2017, 03:20:22 PM »
If it was occur on weekend! then???

@Be Secure :)

Manny issues are put forward by us to Avast Developers directly on Slack, so it doesn't really matter if it is weekend or not.
Also this issue was reported on Slack by Asyn as soon as he noticed it.

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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2017, 03:23:16 PM »
Mar 20 11AM - First mentions on forum about the BSOD
I raised a high priority ticket at 10:04am notifying of problems on all 32bit machines - yet to be responded to..
Pretty poor that I've had to go via twitter to your forum to get updates.

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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2017, 03:26:25 PM »
I raised a high priority ticket at 10:04am notifying of problems on all 32bit machines - yet to be responded to..
Pretty poor that I've had to go via twitter to your forum to get updates.
Support is most probably flooded with requests, atm.
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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2017, 03:33:36 PM »
For those of you with Avast Business - go into your web panel -> Network -> Settings -> Go to the Template -> Turn off components

This has resolved it across the board for me. I was on fire, the fire is put out for now. I plan to re-enable the shields after I confirm the update is applied.

My question for Avast support team / representatives... Will the update(s) still apply regardless of the components being turned off? That way I can re-enable the shields after the update applies, so I do not cause further havok for all my clients.

Please advise.

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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2017, 03:36:46 PM »
Not bad.. 100+ computers in our company rebooting every 10 minutes since this morning...

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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2017, 03:45:44 PM »
You think 8 hours is fast? You should've pulled the broken definition update hours ago.

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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2017, 03:49:55 PM »
You think 8 hours is fast? You should've pulled the broken definition update hours ago.

+1 - That and a mass email should be sent out to everyone so we don't have to go searching as to why numerous workstations are rebooting over and over. Thankfully Google + someone elses Microsoft.com support post reply lead to Avast! being the common denominator which lead to another thread, which lead to this thread.

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Re: Blue Screen (BSOD) - Windows 7 32 bit
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2017, 04:06:44 PM »
"Mar 20 5pm"  :(