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Offline Cliff_g

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"Behaviour shield is now off"
« on: October 02, 2018, 09:02:54 PM »
Been getting quite a few of these recently, behaviour shield turns itself off.  Turns on manually OK, but for that I have to notice it is off.  version is 18.6.2349 build 18.6.3983.371  Win 7 SP1 fully patched.

Any ideas anyone? Bugette? (that's the conclusion I come to from previous instances of this that folk have mentioned)
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Re: "Behaviour shield is now off"
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2018, 09:07:38 PM »
Try a 'Repair'
Control Panel/Program&Features (Add and Remove)/ Select Avast choose Uninstall, then select 'Repair'
Reboot :)
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Re: "Behaviour shield is now off"
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2018, 01:51:51 AM »
I have found this to occur when I try to open a program too early after the desktop appears and it also depends on how many startup items you have. Try waiting a few minutes after the desktop appears before taking any action and see if this helps.
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Re: "Behaviour shield is now off"
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2018, 04:47:02 PM »
Interesting, thanks. Will see if I can spot any such pattern.  No start-up items other than basic Windows stuff
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Re: "Behaviour shield is now off"
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2018, 05:44:08 PM »
You're welcome.
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Re: "Behaviour shield is now off"
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2018, 01:39:31 AM »
 
Just FYI - Same problem here, intermittently on my Win 7 Pro 64-bit machine.  My Avast Free is version 18.6.2349 (build 18.6.3983.371). 

Yes, I have quite a few programs turning on when I reboot my Win 7 Pro 64-boot machine (with 16 GB RAM), such as TeamViewer Free resident, SpiderOak, PCloud, OneDrive, iReboot, Start Menu X, MalwareBytes.  Shouldn't Avvast play nice anyway and not occasionally give me a warning that somehow the behavior shield is off? 
 
Thanks. 

UPDATE - SEE https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=222378.msg1478786#msg1478786
« Last Edit: October 06, 2018, 03:56:52 AM by glnz »
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Re: "Behaviour shield is now off"
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2018, 09:16:55 PM »
Quote from: glnz on October 06, 2018, 01:39:31 AM
 
Just FYI - Same problem here, intermittently on my Win 7 Pro 64-bit machine.  My Avast Free is version 18.6.2349 (build 18.6.3983.371). 

Yes, I have quite a few programs turning on when I reboot my Win 7 Pro 64-boot machine (with 16 GB RAM), such as TeamViewer Free resident, SpiderOak, PCloud, OneDrive, iReboot, Start Menu X, MalwareBytes.  Shouldn't Avvast play nice anyway and not occasionally give me a warning that somehow the behavior shield is off? 
 
Thanks. 

UPDATE - SEE https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=222378.msg1478786#msg1478786
What does the link in your UPDATE have to do with this topic ???
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Re: "Behaviour shield is now off"
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2018, 12:02:02 AM »
 Not sure if this is the right forum topic, but all of a sudden my web shield has turned off and I cannot get it to turn back on.  I am on Avast Premier (could not find the version number), Lenovo Win 10 OS, 64 bit, not sure of the version number but have had the laptop for approximately a year.  I have had the shields get turned off before but never a problem turning them back on. A reboot was done with the same results, could not turn that shield back on. I have used Avast for many years with very few problems which were usually minor.

Appreciate any suggestions to try.
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Re: "Behaviour shield is now off"
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2018, 12:46:58 AM »
Quote from: computinnana on October 08, 2018, 12:02:02 AM
Not sure if this is the right forum topic, but all of a sudden my web shield has turned off and I cannot get it to turn back on.  I am on Avast Premier (could not find the version number), Lenovo Win 10 OS, 64 bit, not sure of the version number but have had the laptop for approximately a year.  I have had the shields get turned off before but never a problem turning them back on. A reboot was done with the same results, could not turn that shield back on. I have used Avast for many years with very few problems which were usually minor.

Appreciate any suggestions to try.
Please try the following: Repair Avast:
Control Panel> Program and Features (Add/remove program)>Select Avast> Select Repair. Reboot when completed
https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB204

If Repair doesn't fix the problem, try the following:
Clean Install of Avast:
https://goo.gl/4Ptzkf
If you need additional help with the Clean Install, watch this:
https://youtu.be/p-h3myRD51A
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Re: "Behaviour shield is now off"
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2019, 12:51:54 AM »
win-10: 1903 (build 18362.239)
avast-free: 19.6.2383 (build 19.6.4546.494)

Quote from: priestlucas123 on October 03, 2018, 01:51:51 AM
" I have found this to occur when I try to open a program too early after the desktop appears and it also depends on how many startup items you have. Try waiting a few minutes after the desktop appears before taking any action and see if this helps. "

awesome … thanks  for  the  tip,  lucas.

couple  minutes  after  booting … avast  notified  me  the  "behavior-shield"  was  disabled.  quickly  checked  avast-forum … realized  i  had  acted  a  bit  hasty,  initiating  a  certain  program  on  my  computer … decided  to  take  your  advice.  rather  than  engaging  b-shield  manually … i  simply  rebooted … this  time,  giving  adequate  time  for  avast  to  engage  itself … only  then,  did  i  initiate  the  program  in  question.  voilà … avast  started  with  b-shield  fully  intact.

thanks  again,  lucas.
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