Still shaking...please excuse me.
1.) WINXP SP3 32bit 3G SDRAM
2.) Zone Alarm (Free) firewall 6.1.744.001
3.) Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.3
4.) Google Notifier 1.0.25.0
Just tried to update within program (Avast 6.x). Installation appeared to go smoothly, restarted computer. At desktop once again...then went to launch Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.3. As it was launching, a notice box from Avast came up over systemtray, I had time only to catch words "serious problem" and BAM! BSOD! I hadn't had one of these in years. Did a manual reboot of machine, decided to try my limited user account just to see what I could determine from there. Clicked, started to load...bam! Back to boot screen. This kind of behavior is so absolutely rare that I'm not ashamed to admit I'm flustered for sure. I came back in under Safe mode and UNINSTALLED Avast 7.0.1426. I'm guessing that it has something to do with (AUTO) Sandbox feature because I noticed a new folder on my root dir "Avast Sandbox" which contains a Windows prefetch file for the Firefox executable. Bottom line: I'm scared to try again. Is there no way for the time being to revert to the last Avast 6.x version until the smoke clears. I was running Avast 6.x with impunity! ?? Today I sweat.
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EDIT: Solution (apparently?). As I mentioned I performed uninstall of unsuccessful version 7.x INSTALL. Then since I had backup of version 5.x., I did clean install of version 5.x. I would have stopped here but from within version 5.x I was told a higher version of 5.x was available so I thought...what the heck! But when I updated I got version 7.0.1426 instead. Anyway, so far so good! I did change autosandbox to "ASK" and when I calm down, maybe I'll remove FIREFOX.EXE from Sandbox exclusion. That is all. Running 7.0.1426...nervously.
- Brad***