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Offline Paul941

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Avast is blocking pdf compilation
« on: July 15, 2020, 02:14:49 PM »
Hello everyone,
the newest Avast update is preventing LaTeX programs from working properly, so much so that while Avast's protections are activated no pdf can be compiled. I tried including both the MiKTeX console and the TeXstudio editor .exe's in the exclusion list, but that did not solve the problem.
Has anyone encountered a similar problem before and knows how to solve it? Thanks

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Re: Avast is blocking pdf compilation
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2020, 07:00:02 AM »
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

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Re: Avast is blocking pdf compilation
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2020, 09:07:10 AM »
Do you get any notifications (detections) from Avast? Any errors from TeX? How exactly does the problem manifest?

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Re: Avast is blocking pdf compilation
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2020, 12:21:24 PM »
@igor At first I didn't get any notification from Avast, and TeX only gave me a general error "can't write on file" (which is why it took me two days to figure out it was Avast's fault). However this morning for the first time Avast asked me if I wanted to continue blocking pdflatex.exe from accessing a protected folder, and by saying No the problem solved itself, so thanks anyway

And @Asyn, I checked and that is what I should have done if Avast hadn't notified me, so thank you as well!

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Re: Avast is blocking pdf compilation
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2020, 12:40:17 PM »
You're welcome.
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0