And why in the world posting a reply to the effect of infuriating other users? I mean, is there any USE at all in posting a comment like "I don't have blue screen, avast never cause them for me?" Where is the goal of such a message exactly if not creating a sense of anger because others are having trouble and somehow HE is above it all?
The thread was started because there is a PROBLEM, not because people want to know that others are not having a problem. So if you can't post something constructive, whether you being a simple user or even a moderator, don't post!
Now, for that task at hands. There is a PROBLEM presently, a very SERIOUS problem. This is caused but AVAST and nothing else. There is no NEED for anyone to delete everything on their HD when the problem is originating from one single application.
This morning, I woke and a few hours later went into the station just to realize that it wasn't working. After multiple reboots, I could clearly see that the antivirus engine just wouldn't initialize at all. Thus, that lead my to believe it had a serious problem and so I tried to REPAIR it. To no avail, REPAIR would not do anything at all, just 1 second of work and it said that avast was repaired which I know couldn't be the case.
After MULTIPLE install and de-install of Avast. I realized that, each time I would UPDATE its virus engine, BANG! Everything on my computer stopped working.
There is a SERIOUS problem with the updates presently. This is not a Windows related problem, not a Win2K/XP problem, it is an Avast problem.
At present time, my computer is vulnerable and I cannot accept this to go on for more than a day or two before I decide to switch from Avast to another antivirus for the world "out there" is just way too dangerous to work on a computer which is unprotected.
So now, this is a CONSTRUCTIVE opinion.
avast user.
oh.. and just in case the "automated" questions comes up like, have you another antivirus or ever had one in the past.. blah blah blah. No. No. No. This problem start today, latest update. I had no problems yesterday, I had no problems a month ago and the many months before that. Avast as always been fairly stable (doesn't mean it doesn't explode in my face from time to time, it does). But this problem ONLY starts when I update the virus engine. The moment it is update, everything stops on the computer. I reboot, it puts itself into red circle mode. I repair, nothing works any better.