I just tried to update avast! Free Antivirus from 5.0.677 to 5.1.864 and now Windows is reporting a problem with my wireless card driver, even though my wireless connection is actually working fine. I can close this dialog box but it immediately pops up again, over and over.
I first tried reinstalling the wireless card driver but that did not correct the problem. I then completely uninstalled Avast 5.1.864, rebooted, and the problem went away. When version 5.1.864 was reinstalled (from the standalone installer) the problem returned. I even tried temporarily disabling all shields but this had no effect. I then completely uninstalled version 5.1.864 again, rebooted, and then installed the previous 5.0.677 version, after which the Windows error no longer appeared. So this seems to indicate a compatibility problem between the new version 5.1.864 and this Dell driver.
Here is information about my system:
Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit, fully patched
Dell 1395 wireless card
Dell wireless driver version 4.170.77.3
For now, I have "downgraded" to avast! version 5.0.677. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Ray