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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #150 on: March 13, 2012, 05:33:41 PM »
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My boot times are less now with v7.
Yes , same here. Avast! 7 is more faster.
There is some tweak for improve the boot?

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #151 on: March 13, 2012, 06:11:16 PM »
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My boot times are less now with v7.
Yes , same here. Avast! 7 is more faster.

For me any difference is imperceptible on either my XP Pro or win7 netbook, my boot times remain essentially the same.
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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #152 on: March 13, 2012, 09:29:59 PM »
For me no difference on my XP Pro system. I did a clean install - just FYI.

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #153 on: March 14, 2012, 06:39:11 AM »
I will join those reporting a severe performance issue with v1426. The symptoms are that everything runs about 100 times as slow, making the system appear to be locked up, nearly unresponsive to input... Obviously, not everyone is experiencing this symptom. In fact, it is happening for me on only one of three computers. The other two are running V1426 with no problem.
This afternoon computer #2, which was working fine with v1426 yesterday, succumbed to the dreaded slowdown. I waited about two minutes for the Welcome screen to clear, then gave up. Rebooting into Safe Mode and uninstalling v1426 eliminated the problem. Then I reverted to v1407, which so far is giving me no trouble. That leaves only one out of my three computers that is able to run v1426.
Tonight computer #3 finally suffered the same fate: ridiculously long response times resembling a catatonic state. Powered down, booted into Safe Mode, removed v1426, installed v1407, everything back to normal. As of now, v1426 will have no place in my home.

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #154 on: March 14, 2012, 07:58:06 AM »
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My boot times are less now with v7.
Yes , same here. Avast! 7 is more faster.
There is some tweak for improve the boot?
No . The boot is same like version 6 . No diference. But the surfing , navigation on web pages , is faster.

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #155 on: March 14, 2012, 03:24:28 PM »
I'm currently experiencing a major bug with aswSP.sys file. It crashes entire OS when attempting to run any SecuRom protected game.  Here is demonstration of this unexpected behavior:http://youtu.be/2BIUGca7pzA

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #156 on: March 14, 2012, 07:39:00 PM »
I'm not saying that this will fix all the problems some are having but you can improve your boot times significantly by defragmenting your disc and running whatever optimization routine your particular utility offers. Some, like Auslogics, have a feature that moves system files to the fastest part of the disc. This obviously will speed up booting. Others, like Puran,  have a similar feature with a different name. I have also read that the built in defragmenters of XP, Vista, and especially Win 7 also place the system files in an optimal location so they should be on at least a weekly automatic  schedule in my opinion and not fully disabled. I always do a defrag after an update that causes considerable fragmentation. I never wait until the fragmentation hits 10%. I sometimes will do it when it only says 1% and I always defrag after one of my games updates before even playing it.

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #157 on: March 15, 2012, 04:51:50 PM »

Thanks for the post fidmas.I`ve tried your link still the same result win32 error.I am VERY dissapointed in Avast customer care.It looks like they dont read this posts and also they dont care responding to my e-mail.Anyways thanks for your advice, it looks like I am going to make guys in my computer store happy donating them $100 to get rid of this FREE ????????????product.
Way to go ,Avast.

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #158 on: March 15, 2012, 05:33:27 PM »

Thanks for the post fidmas.I`ve tried your link still the same result win32 error.I am VERY dissapointed in Avast customer care.It looks like they dont read this posts and also they dont care responding to my e-mail.Anyways thanks for your advice, it looks like I am going to make guys in my computer store happy donating them $100 to get rid of this FREE ????????????product.
Way to go ,Avast.

You mean you downloaded http://download.avg.com/filedir/util/support/avg_remover_stf_x86_2011_1322.exe and Windows would still not ren it as a valid .EXE file?  In Safe Mode? Does it show an avast icon.  If not, maybe try killing any Download Manager, and just let the browser download and save it......... :-\

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #159 on: March 15, 2012, 06:10:00 PM »
There is another possibility as the "file is not a valid win32 application" or words to that effect can also be an indication of malware on your system and it blocks security based executables to prevent you removing the malware.

This needs further analysis by a malware removal specialist:
Go to this topic http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0 for information on Logs to assist in cleaning malware. Use the information about getting and using the tools and start your own new topic and attach the logs there, not in the LOGS topic.

Create your new topic here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=4.0 in the viruses and worms forum (click the New topic button at the top of the page see image) and we will try and help you there
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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #160 on: March 15, 2012, 06:39:42 PM »
 ;D  >:(  :o 
Thanks fidmas and DavidR for your tips.
Fidmas I`ve tried your new link still it does not work.The screen blinks for a moment than nothing.This was done in Safe mode with admin. privilegies.
Avast team :shame on you for your support.
Although contacted few times there is no answer.
Your FREE PHONE SUPPORT IS JUST A LIE.
Thanks Avast for costing me $ 100 to uninstall your FREE program !

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #161 on: March 15, 2012, 06:42:55 PM »
Yeah.  Of course.  Exactly that happened to a friend's machine in January.  Not to use the bad word, but I made an AVG Rescue CD on my machine, and ran it on theirs.  It cleaned the rootkit but I had to delete an infected System file. So, it wouldn't boot.  I got the file (I forget the name), from my XP Pro machine, and put it on a floppy.  I then used the Sp3 Recovery disk to copy it from the floppy, using the Recovery Console.  One more Malwarebytes scan found one more small item in Java cache, and one annoying message with the Windows Security Center service, and all is well.

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #162 on: March 15, 2012, 07:05:43 PM »
Thanks again fidmas.It`s been two weeks that I`m trying to resolve this with avast support team and I am heading to computer store now.Just to mention that my system is very clean - without any questionable software and downloads and this experience with Avast was very dissapointing.
Take care !

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #163 on: March 15, 2012, 08:17:09 PM »
Greetings, all,

I know I'm late to this dance, but I wanted to chime in on the performance difference between .1407 and .1426.

On my fully-patched Windows 7 x64 system (running only avast! 7 and Windows firewall as resident security programs), 1426 is in fact considerably slower than 1407, especially when browsing the web with web and network shields enabled.  It is also a little bit more sluggish opening .exe files, but very noticeably slower during Windows bootup.  As an (imperfect) indicator of the boot problem, the ntosboot.pf boot prefetch file is about 60% larger for 1426 than for 1407 (with all other startup programs and services held constant, and the ntosboot.pf file deleted before each reboot), and the boot itself is about 10-15 seconds longer.  I have nothing like the extreme delays that some of you are getting, but the differences are quite obvious on my system nonetheless. Functionally, the machine seems to be doing everything it should, just rather slowly.

I have reverted to 1407 and boot/program speeds are back to just about what I had running avast! 6.

Hope everyone who has the major slowdowns/issues can get their problems resolved quickly!

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Re: Program update 7.0.1426
« Reply #164 on: March 16, 2012, 09:52:17 PM »
To start with stick with the other topic you created http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=95687.0.

But crucially you need to copy this information over there a "I tried everything and all it does is lock my desktop up, HELP." doesn't help anyone to help you and there are people tripping over themselves on that topic to try and help you.
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