Avast 8: Abortionware
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Avast 8: Abortionware
15-03-2013 11:01 PM
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I had already read numerous posts on the avast forum from people having trouble with version 8 of avast, so I resolved to hold off until they'd sorted things out. I have, alas, just spent all my waking time since last evening (backups to be thankful for) sorting out my computer after being tricked into updating my version 7 of Avast. The program tells you that there is a new version available - 7.0.1483, and so I clicked to update. There is no such version. It is version 8, and it completely trashed my system. I couldn't do anything with it but boot up and log on. Thereafter, it just locked up. So if you want to stay on version 7 for the time being, don't click that 'update program' button.
After my own experience and reading of many others, I'm definitely convinced version 8 is an abortion of a program.
Re: Avast 8: Abortionware
16-03-2013 7:44 AM
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16-03-2013 8:54 AM
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Re: Avast 8: Abortionware
16-03-2013 9:40 AM
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I think I've had some issues with every anti-virus I've ever used (Including Norton & MSE).
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Re: Avast 8: Abortionware
16-03-2013 11:46 AM
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16-03-2013 9:10 PM
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Re: Avast 8: Abortionware
18-03-2013 10:33 AM
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Pity they can't make it easier - but perhaps they will with an update!
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18-03-2013 9:23 PM
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Re: Avast 8: Abortionware
23-03-2013 12:28 AM
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I dread upgrading Avast. It's done this exact same thing to me 4, yes FOUR times. I don't think its just version 8 at fault, I think its Avasts programmers themselves who still haven't quite got the hang of it.
The best thing to do is completely uninstall the old version and then install the new version from fresh. That seems to work well.
Re: Avast 8: Abortionware
23-03-2013 12:30 AM
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Re: Avast 8: Abortionware
23-03-2013 4:49 PM
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23-03-2013 5:59 PM
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Quote from: Razer The only way I could get rid of it was to boot into safe mode first
Thats also what I had to do too. When I say uninstall I mean using any means necessary and that includes safemode or (if the installer won't work in safe mode) renaming the program directory so that the startup links fail to work. You can also delete all the files but the uninstaller then boot back into normal windows and use the uninstaller to clean up.
There are many little tricks you can play on avast to get rid of it.
Re: Avast 8: Abortionware
24-03-2013 5:22 PM
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EDIT:
I may try it again after a short while. I need to do my WU and allow my system to run long enough to be content that those updates are fine enough for me to make a new disk sector backup. Only then will I either try V8 again from uninstalling 7 first, or I may try Bitdefender free again - if I can get the latest version instead of bizarrely being served the 2009 version from their site.
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