Author Topic: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203  (Read 24758 times)

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pianoman

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #30 on: July 18, 2011, 06:53:39 PM »
After updating to Avast!6.0.1203 I had the same symptoms:
after startup all activities were very very slow, if not impossible. After deleting Retrospect process from the list of active processes in the task manager, things worked normal.
Instead of going back to older Avast-Version I now removed RetrospectExpress HD (Ver. 2.5.108) and Avast! works fine after startup.
I will chose another backup software until this conflict is fixed in Avast!

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #31 on: July 18, 2011, 07:10:49 PM »
Win XP SP3
Retrospect Ver 6.5
AVAST PAID 6.0.1.203

Same here.

Retrospect 6.5 will not load and I am unwilling to jump through all of the hoops suggested here.

I pay for AVAST and the most recent version is unacceptable. 

AVAST you broke it, you need to fix it, if not I will be gone.


mhlambert

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #32 on: July 18, 2011, 11:24:39 PM »
The patch referenced here (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=81135.msg667922#msg667922) fixed my problem with Retrospect. Thanks for the quick response.

stuselig

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #33 on: July 19, 2011, 08:11:13 PM »
The posted patch fixed my Retrospect related problem, too.
Thanks!
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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #34 on: July 19, 2011, 11:53:07 PM »
Amazing!  The avast folks changed the patch without telling us (at least I can't see an announcement).  The new download has different files in it (at least for the 32bit version for Retrospect).  They don't even have the same names.  I think the instructions for installing the patch are different too.   :-\

But the good news is that the updated patch worked for me (whereas the original patch didn't).

Thanks for the updated patch!

--Larry

DanielFS

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #35 on: July 20, 2011, 07:27:13 PM »
Hi all,

For the record, I can confirm that the most recent patch does work with Retrospect Express 7.6 under XP SP3.  Very good to see this fixed, now I can stop doing backups manually with shields partially disabled...

DS

major28

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #36 on: July 23, 2011, 07:56:22 AM »
And for the record, I can confirm that the virus definition update 110723-0 breaks the patch. 

Have not tried reinstalling the patch yet as I am trying to decide whether to go back again to the previous version or keep patching this thing over and over.


DanielFS

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #37 on: July 23, 2011, 08:54:27 AM »

That's a very odd result, especially given that the patch was for the actual code (aswMon2.sys), not the definitions - would be strange that definitions would be able to cause bad behavior in code.  Not impossible, mind you, but very strange.

To test this, I installed the 110723-0 definitions on my system as well - again, WinXP SP3 with Retrospect Express 7.6.3.102 and Avast! Free 6.0.1203.  I then cranked up Process Monitor and ran Retrospect, but saw no slowdown nor any of the activity associated with the slowdown that I reported before, so unfortunately I'm not able to reproduce this behavior.  Has anything else changed with respect to your system, or did it only start doing this on reboot or something?  Have not rebooted my system yet, to be fair...  The only thing we might've done differently is that I did not overwrite the old aswMon2.sys in Avast!'s INF folder - rather, I renamed it aswMon2.sys.bak - don't see why that should make a difference, though...

DS

EverMoreorLess

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #38 on: July 23, 2011, 03:15:02 PM »
Disabling shields in Avast! solved this problem for me. However the problem also existed for me with Diskeeper9, and disabling the shields in Avast! solved this problem, too. Both of these programs failed to load unless I disabled the Shields in Avast!

WinXP Home SP3 OS.

major28

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #39 on: July 23, 2011, 05:00:52 PM »

That's a very odd result, especially given that the patch was for the actual code (aswMon2.sys), not the definitions - would be strange that definitions would be able to cause bad behavior in code.  Not impossible, mind you, but very strange.

To test this, I installed the 110723-0 definitions on my system as well - again, WinXP SP3 with Retrospect Express 7.6.3.102 and Avast! Free 6.0.1203.  I then cranked up Process Monitor and ran Retrospect, but saw no slowdown nor any of the activity associated with the slowdown that I reported before, so unfortunately I'm not able to reproduce this behavior.  Has anything else changed with respect to your system, or did it only start doing this on reboot or something?  Have not rebooted my system yet, to be fair...  The only thing we might've done differently is that I did not overwrite the old aswMon2.sys in Avast!'s INF folder - rather, I renamed it aswMon2.sys.bak - don't see why that should make a difference, though...

DS

Nothing has changed.
An inspection of aswmon2.sys shows that the update reverted it back to a file date of 7/4/2011 wheras the patched file had a date of 7/18/2011.


DanielFS

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #40 on: July 23, 2011, 08:26:07 PM »
Hi major28,

Again, very odd - this did not happen when I applied the most recent definitions update.  Did you disable Avast's auto-protection module then copy all patched files to both directories as indicated in patch instructions?  In any event, I would just try again, it *does* work...

DS

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #41 on: July 23, 2011, 08:47:41 PM »
Win XP SP3
Retrospect Ver 6.5
AVAST PAID 6.0.1.203

Same here.

AVAST you broke it, you need to fix it, if not I will be gone.

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major28

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #42 on: July 24, 2011, 01:44:19 AM »
Hi major28,

Again, very odd - this did not happen when I applied the most recent definitions update.  Did you disable Avast's auto-protection module then copy all patched files to both directories as indicated in patch instructions?  In any event, I would just try again, it *does* work...

DS

Yes, did the patch in accordance with the instructions.
Reapplied it again....and it looks like it stayed ok after a shutdown/startup.

I am sure it was applied correctly before also...was fine for a couple of days.

I don't think I am the only one with the issue, as I believe I read that another person also had it revert back after an update, so we'll monotor it and I'll post if it happens again.

DanielFS

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #43 on: July 24, 2011, 03:29:06 AM »
Glad to hear it worked on reapplication at least!  Not sure what to say otherwise, as I say the only potential difference I can think of is that I renamed instead of overwriting...  Odd.

DS

yogadancingcook

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Re: Retrospect 6.5 not working with update to Avast! 6.0.1203
« Reply #44 on: July 25, 2011, 06:00:29 PM »
Ditto -- WinXP SP3