Program update 7.0.1426

[Dch48]

The problem is that some things avast!, and other AV's , classify as PUP's are completely safe programs and not dangerous in any way. In fact every one I have seen get detected as a PUP has been safe. Having the detection on by default would very likely confuse users on the lower end of the experience scale. If you want it on, by all means go for it but I don't agree that it should be a default feature.

[Gargamel360]

Yeah, novice users don't need PUP on because the do not understand what it means.   
They think everything is VIRUS, no middle ground. 
And they do not want their AV to educate them on PC security.   

No matter how much good it would do them.

[soob]

Updated 6->7 with auto updater, on reboot windows7 hangs at login screen. Not happy!

Edit:
tried repair in safe mode (via Programs/uninstall/Avast and then using Avast tool), still hangs
removed Avast in safe mode, windows7 now boots normally

ps. I *loathe* captcha

[Gargamel360]

ps. I *loathe* captcha

So do SPAM bots 

[barkaye]

have had to revert to 7.0.1407 after 7.01426 left computer unresponsive --- had run OK for a few days but today windows explorer was severely disabled, but services seemed to be running in background & it took 40mins to reach a stage where I could uninstall avast & reinstall 1407 which worked perfectly before the 1426 fiasco ..... any more updates coming for the program? I might have to ditch avast after years of problem free use!

Win7 x64 ... running comodo firewall (just the firewall bit)

[hewlflame]

I've got a problem similar to soob's. After the update to 7.0.1426, windows hangs at the loading screen for around 20 seconds, and then gives a black screen for another 20 seconds before loading my desktop. Even then everything goes extremely slowly, windows firewall reports that it's not working and my browser speed becomes extremely slow. Tried a clean install for at least 3 times, no improvement. This problem comes and goes randomly though, and disappears upon reboot.

I made a thread for this problem i'm experiencing, any help is appreciated. http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=95195.15

[fidmas]

Updated 6->7 with auto updater, on reboot windows7 hangs at login screen. Not happy!

Edit:
tried repair in safe mode (via Programs/uninstall/Avast and then using Avast tool), still hangs
removed Avast in safe mode, windows7 now boots normally

ps. I *loathe* captcha

Yeah.  I noticed the same thing.  I had upgraded my XP Pro from fhe first V7 release to 1426 with no problems.  AutoSandbox was already off because the V7 AutoSandbox kept me from booting.  My wife was still running V6 on her XP Home.  I turned her Sandbox off and updated directly to 7.0.1426.  Never got past the Logon screen on reboot, and couldn't shut down without killing the power.  After several tries, I rebooted in Safe Mode. And got my copy of aswclear.exe.  Came up normally and downloaded avast 7 from the net.  Resat all her defaults, reregistered, and all's cool.  Will avast "ever" get program upgrade correct? :-(

[Blowers]

I just updated to the latest version 7.0.1426.
After the update I had a problem with Microsoft Outlook 2007. After closing Outlook, it would automatically reopen, then on closing it again, I would get a message saying that outlook was trying to save my data.

After investigating what may have caused this problem, I discovered that the Avast update actually installed a Com plugin called Avast antispam. I solved my problem by logging on to the computer under the administrator account in safe mode, then opening Outlook and going to the tools menu, and then to the trust centre entry, and clicking on the addins entry in the left pane, then clicking on the go button next to the com addins field. Once there, I unchecked the Avast antispam plugin item, clicked OK and closed outlook. I then restarted the computer in normal mode, logged on as the limited user that had the outlook profile setup. I discovered that the problem was now solved.

[soob]

ps. I *loathe* captcha

So do SPAM bots 

So they might, but why screw the real users to thwart the bots? The damned text with the black blob are often too hard to read requiring multiple reloads.

[tjkelman]

Updated 6->7 with auto updater, on reboot windows7 hangs at login screen. Not happy!

Edit:
tried repair in safe mode (via Programs/uninstall/Avast and then using Avast tool), still hangs
removed Avast in safe mode, windows7 now boots normally

ps. I *loathe* captcha

Yeah.  I noticed the same thing.  I had upgraded my XP Pro from fhe first V7 release to 1426 with no problems.  AutoSandbox was already off because the V7 AutoSandbox kept me from booting.  My wife was still running V6 on her XP Home.  I turned her Sandbox off and updated directly to 7.0.1426.  Never got past the Logon screen on reboot, and couldn't shut down without killing the power.  After several tries, I rebooted in Safe Mode. And got my copy of aswclear.exe.  Came up normally and downloaded avast 7 from the net.  Resat all her defaults, reregistered, and all's cool.  Will avast "ever" get program upgrade correct? :-(

Did the same thing (including fresh reinstall with 7.0.1426) but still hangs after Windows 7 login.  A look into the system event log on boot into safe mode reveals "failed to load aswKbd.sys & aswSnx.sys".  So basically I'm stuck uninstalling Avast, as I can't even boot normally with it installed, which really blows since I just renewed my license about a month ago.   

[neksko]

Updated my Windows7 system to the newest version and am stuck with the hanging after entering password after required reboot from Avast!.

System restore does not resolve.
Safe Mode - boots.
Safe Mode w/Networking - system hang after password, same as normal boot.

Resolution - uninstall of Avast via removal tool provided from Avast!. 

Dear Avast!, seriously?  Why are you releasing an update that requires a reboot and then makes your users OS's not bootable?  Why is this still live?  Surely you have some sort of testing that you perform before a release...

[Dch48]

I never noticed anything like that but then I have never used a password for either Windows or avast!.

[bkt92]

i've just update my program to ver 7 but it not working correctly. When i open a folder contain many exe file or large exe file it make win explorer hanging about minute . I don't know why . How to fix t ?try

[DavidR]

Probably best for you to start a new topic, otherwise it is likely to get buried in this already large topic.

- Please start a New Topic of your own here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2.0 (click the New topic button at the top of the page see image) and we will try to help.

[mbf001]

11 March, 2012     15:00 hrs.

Hi All,

Avast popped up a message saying that my last update had failed.

I then manually selected update from the Avast panel but then the wait started while it stated it was initiating (going through Stage 1 of 2).
About 40 minutes later it is still initiating.

Does anyone have the same problem and if so, is there a fix???

My current version of Avast Internet Security is 7.0.1407
I'm running Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

Cheers All
Mike