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Rick F

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #165 on: July 13, 2011, 05:53:48 AM »
Hey there,

Sorry if I'm insisting but has anyone noticed the issue related to the Windows XP's Disk Cleanup utility I had reported here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=81028.msg664305#msg664305

Cheers,
T.

I just tried my Disk Cleanup utility on my XP box.  It seems to operate the same for my as it did with the prior ver. of avast.  It is slow, but not hanging as I can hear HDD activity.

Tetsuo

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #166 on: July 13, 2011, 09:31:44 AM »
I just tried my Disk Cleanup utility on my XP box.  It seems to operate the same for my as it did with the prior ver. of avast.  It is slow, but not hanging as I can hear HDD activity.

Thanks Rick F.
Is it also the same if you temporary turn off Avast! before starting the utility?

david_j

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #167 on: July 13, 2011, 11:06:48 AM »
Update to .1203 through the GUI has caused massive slowdown problems for me. Getting prolonged disk thrashing which renders everything onscreen unclickable for periods of about 30s, sometimes longer. Disabling the file system scanner speeds things up noticeably.
This is on an XP SP3 system, 2Gb RAM, dual Xeon 2.8Ghx Processors.
Is it possible to downgrade to the previous version temporarily?

Edit to add: I'm not running any disk management, defrag, or other AV software.
« Last Edit: July 13, 2011, 12:23:11 PM by david_j »

twins

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #168 on: July 13, 2011, 01:55:07 PM »
Takes the same time to do a Win disk cleanup whether AIS (latest version) is running or not on all our xp 3 PCs. So no problem here.

jrace

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #169 on: July 13, 2011, 07:14:35 PM »
Is it possible to downgrade to the previous version temporarily?

You can allways go back to any previous release.
In that case you should do a clean install of whatever older version fits your system best.
If you did not keep the installer of the older version you will find it at least for the "free" version here:  
http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/

Good Luck!
« Last Edit: July 13, 2011, 07:16:58 PM by jrace »

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #170 on: July 14, 2011, 12:31:51 AM »
Looks normal here.

But what do I know? :)
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Tetsuo

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #171 on: July 14, 2011, 10:03:24 AM »
Thanks again for all the replies to my issue with the Win XP's disk cleanup utility.

I've seen that behaviour on three different PC now, but at this point I have no idea about what may cause the 3-4 seconds delay.

Not a big deal, though.

All the shields have their heuristic levels set to "High" - maybe this is one of the factors involved... We'll see what happens.

Cheers,
T.


My original post:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=81028.msg664305#msg664305
« Last Edit: July 14, 2011, 10:06:18 AM by Tetsuo »

_Rej_

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #172 on: July 14, 2011, 12:58:36 PM »
Installed new .1203 version and everything was sweet & cool.. as usual :)

... until I noticed that the flash with Firefox & sandbox problem returned.   I then realized that I had deleted the copy I had made in %APPDATA%\Roaming\Mozilla\Plugins folder because it was an older version of flash not realizing that this was a **patch** to fix the sandbox issue with FF.

I now created a symbolic link instead so I won't have to check versions between the real new flash folder and the temporary fix folder for Avast.

here's the link explaining the issue and the temporary fix..

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=65679.msg617892#msg617892

I'm posting this here since it's still an issue (without the temporary fix, the flash addon won't load ~25% of the time when I start FF within a sandbox).

Otherwise, still a happy customer  ;D

Regards,

_Rej_
« Last Edit: July 14, 2011, 01:00:32 PM by _Rej_ »

Jack 1000

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #173 on: July 14, 2011, 01:15:22 PM »
Just got my license renewal notice 29 days out!  Renewed with no problem!  Just open the GUI and select if you want the free or paid version and fill out the form.  Than click submit.  It took right away.

Jack

ManG

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #174 on: July 14, 2011, 05:45:52 PM »
my avast sounds arent working.. theyre still not working in this version
any ideas why?

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #175 on: July 14, 2011, 05:49:30 PM »
my avast sounds arent working.. theyre still not working in this version
any ideas why?

Silent/Game mode enabled..?
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ManG

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #176 on: July 14, 2011, 05:53:19 PM »
my avast sounds arent working.. theyre still not working in this version
any ideas why?

Silent/Game mode enabled..?
nope. sounds are enabled, and present in /ProgramData/Avast folder.
i tried uninstalling using avast's uninstaller (awcleaner.exe or something like that), iobit's uninstaller, revo's pro uninstaller to completely remove, and re install it, but didnt work.

david_j

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #177 on: July 14, 2011, 06:09:44 PM »
You can allways go back to any previous release.
In that case you should do a clean install of whatever older version fits your system best.
Good Luck!

Thanks, gone back to .1901 and all problems disappeared - no slowdowns and I can now go into standby without blue-screening. Normal service resumed - hope this problem doesn't persist to future versions.

jrace

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #178 on: July 15, 2011, 12:17:52 AM »
Thanks, gone back to .1901 and all problems disappeared - no slowdowns and I can now go into standby without blue-screening. Normal service resumed - hope this problem doesn't persist to future versions.

Should be version .1091 but anyway we are lucky to help you.
By the way:
  "Welcome to the forum"  ;)

TheCakeIsaLie

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Re: ** NEW OFFICIAL AVAST PROGRAM UPDATE IS HERE ** VERSION 6.0.1203
« Reply #179 on: July 15, 2011, 02:18:39 AM »
Seems to slow down my ancient XP Sp3 system. I rolled back version and all is better...