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Offline Collon

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Weird experience with Avast today.
« on: April 10, 2021, 04:09:34 PM »
Typically, I let avast do its thing and don't mind it but today I decided to take a look. It said it needed to restart but when I pressed the restart option on avast, nothing happened. So I decided to restart my computer normally. Once restarted, I tried to launch avast but somehow avast uninstalled itself because the desktop shortcut couldn't find the program. I reinstalled avast and when trying to launch it, it couldn't load the UI so I restarted my computer again. Avast finally starts working again and I decided to run a full scan which instantly gave me a scan finished noticed which was odd. I ran a full scan again and it actually starts scanning. Just an overall weird experience I've had with it today. Not sure if it means anything. Has anyone had a similar experience recently?

Edit: Also, I just now noticed that there's an invisible program on my taskbar which I believe is the avast secure browser setup since it is listed under "which icons appear on the taskbar" when looking at taskbar settings.
« Last Edit: April 10, 2021, 04:34:13 PM by Collon »

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Re: Weird experience with Avast today.
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2021, 02:42:32 PM »
Edit: Also, I just now noticed that there's an invisible program on my taskbar which I believe is the avast secure browser setup since it is listed under "which icons appear on the taskbar" when looking at taskbar settings.
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