Auto-sandbox in XP

[Asyn]

By program update, you mean the next version update...correct?

Yes, most probably.

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'Program update' always refers to the main program.
asyn

[Dch48]

Thanks Vlk. At my age it's always good to know that you weren't imagining things. 

[Dch48]

Just another report on how the auto-sandbox is not functioning correctly in XP. Last night I got my first alert from the sandbox. It was for a game called F.E.A.R. and it alerted me about the main .exe for the game called, strangely enough, fear.exe . This would have been okay except for one thing. It only alerted on the third execution of the file. The first two times I started up the game from scratch, there was no alert. This is a serious flaw since if it did that with a malicious file, only being alerted on the third execution would be far too late obviously. 

The fixed version needs to be pushed out ASAP in my opinion.

[txauction]

I've just encountered a similar problem this afternoon with a program that was previously working just fine. Now, every time I boot up the program, Avast indicates it may be a problem and recommends opening it in Sandbox.

I've run a full scan on my computer and I've run a scan on the program folder and Avast doesn't find anything.

In the several years I've been using the Free version of Avast, this is the first problem I've run into.

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XP PRO SP3
Avast 6.0.1
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[DavidR]

You can select/elect to Run normally and check the Remember my answer box.

[SpeedyPC]

Thanks Vlk. At my age it's always good to know that you weren't imagining things. 

Thanks for the heads up Dch48 and Vlk waiting for the next update when this has been fixed