[RESOLVED] repeated "Reportcrash" generated by com.avast.daemon

[aharris2]

This just started happening - restarted computer, uninstalled previous version, reinstalled fresh, have the same issue. Does not happen when not connected to the internet. This from console:

(attached)

[aharris2]

UPDATE:

Console report says this about the many many crash reports:

EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000

Does this help identify what went wrong?

Thanks

[aharris2]

Some additional information - If I disable the "Web Shield" in Avast, this problem does not happen.

I can then open any browser (and also start Parallels, which I think is equivalent to a network connection). No problem. All of this is with wireless connected.

Then I can activate the "Web Shield" and still no problem.

However, if I then go anywhere in any browser the problem starts and continues.

So I am guessing that com.avast.daemon is related to "Web Shield" and it is interacting incorrectly with something that correlates with network activity.

As far as I know, there have been no changes to network connections.

Does this help to localize the problem? Thanks

[lukas.hasik]

This issue should be fixed now. Please make sure that you have the latest VPS (virus definitions) - Avast tray icon (or app menu) and "Check for updates".

[aharris2]

Yes indeed it is fixed! I had been doing lots of diagnostics - The same installation of Avast that crashed worked fine when used in a newly created test account on the same computer, which had my head spinning.

Thanks for the fix (which I guess was in the virus definition file) - because among other things it means there is nothing (obviously) wrong with my computer/account!