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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #60 on: August 06, 2011, 06:23:05 PM »
Indeed we're walking to the end of support...
The market share for Windows 2k is very small nowadays (0,19% http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?spider=1&qprid=10).

End of life Smendovlife
Win2k will never die! Nevah! Nevaaaairrrr

Seriously Win2k/XP share much of the same code base and I feel MS dropping win2k support was mostly a tactic got get people to upgrade.

Well here is why we are stuck with Windows 2000,

#1, This economy we are in, is really in severe issues, no one is going to be able to UPGRADE their computer, because it would cost more, and now word the US Credit Rating has dropped, so that means any supply going into our country will be more expensive, and now we are on the verge of a halt in computer sales to most who don't have the money.

#2, Windows XP and Vista have many problems with their OS that both affects security and stabability and currently to this date most Windows Vista and XP systems are targeted by malware, a sign that is quite grim by most standards,

and #3, most higher up anti-virus programs no longer support 2000 and already are outsourcing XP within a few months, something that again goes back to #1, economic issues.

I hope this may partially make the reason where this issue is going at.

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #61 on: August 06, 2011, 06:29:28 PM »
...and already are outsourcing XP within a few months...

I highly doubt this.
XP is supported until 2014. (Longer than Vista, btw.)

Sorry for OT.
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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #62 on: August 06, 2011, 06:40:36 PM »
@avast! team - Would it be possible to let us have an earlier manual update to download, until the fixed update is release?

First the VPS update would have to be tested to ensure it resolves the win2k problem. Then all updates would have to be tested in the normal way (to reduce the possibility of any false positives, etc.) before being released, so there would be little point in holding this back or having an early (untested) manual download/update.

For users with auto updates enabled (default setting) this should be picked up soon after release.

What I meant was to be able to manually download from the website a version prior to the problem one (110805-0... can't remember the number now). This is to let users have a new enough definition to use than a definition that is about 1 month old, unless the fix will be out really soon.

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #63 on: August 06, 2011, 07:31:43 PM »
The next virus database will fix it.
Sorry for the troubles.
Many thanks for the offical statement, Igor! :)
I'm very happy to read this. Really!!!  ;)
...and others surely too.

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We'll wait and hope, we get a NICE surprise.
It's a little bit like christmas...
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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #64 on: August 06, 2011, 07:43:57 PM »
Just to add that I Also still use windows 2000 SP4 and since yesterday Avast crashes at the login screen with error:

Application popup: AvastSvc.exe - Application Error : The exception unknown software exception (0xc06d007e) occurred in the application at location 0x7c59bcb1.

Hope that this anticipated update will fix the problem.

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #65 on: August 06, 2011, 07:47:07 PM »
We'll wait and hope, we get a NICE surprise.
It's a little bit like christmas...

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #66 on: August 06, 2011, 08:03:56 PM »
I just received VPS: 110806-1
Solved..??
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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #67 on: August 06, 2011, 08:19:31 PM »
I just received VPS: 110806-1
Solved..??
Confirmed on my VM. Solved. 8)
Desktop: Win10 Pro 22H2 64bit / Core i5-7400 3.0GHz / 32GB RAM / Avast 23 Premium Beta(Icarus) / Comodo Firewall
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Server: Win11 Pro 23H2 64bit / Core i3-4010U 1.7GHz / 12GB RAM / Avast One 23 Essential

Avast の設定について解説しています。よろしければご覧ください。

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #68 on: August 06, 2011, 08:20:44 PM »
I just received VPS: 110806-1
Solved..??
Confirmed on my VM. Solved. 8)

Thanks for the feedback NON..!! :)
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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #69 on: August 06, 2011, 08:32:30 PM »
So solved on W2K?

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #70 on: August 06, 2011, 08:39:24 PM »
I've tried to update again, restarted the computer (on Win2K)... still nothing. I'm getting the same error messages as before...

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #71 on: August 06, 2011, 08:42:41 PM »
Are you still doing the automatic update, or did you download the vpsupd.exe and run that?  I am currently doing the latter (am on download).

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #72 on: August 06, 2011, 08:54:37 PM »
Are you still doing the automatic update, or did you download the vpsupd.exe and run that?  I am currently doing the latter (am on download).

YES!!! Thank you!!!
The first try was automatic update, after your post I did it manually and I'm VERY happy to say Avast now works fine.
Also thanks for the quick fix to Avast team  :)

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #73 on: August 06, 2011, 08:56:29 PM »
For others still not being sure, here is the link once more:
Download it from http://www.avast.com/download-update, apply the update, reboot, then report back if necessary.

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Re: Avast(Free) dies during update. Major panic!!!!
« Reply #74 on: August 06, 2011, 09:03:42 PM »
For others still not being sure, here is the link once more:
Download it from http://www.avast.com/download-update, apply the update, reboot, then report back if necessary.

Not needed..!!!
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