Avast 2014 Released

My apologies.

 

Having your same problem, I tried hard to fix it without luck until tonight (well, night in Italy), when I came to the solution: I unchecked the box in the 'scan when writing' tab, then moved to the 'scan when execute' tab and pressed the OK button there.
Magically it worked!

You could try that way. Hope this helps

 

Another Data Breach Crisis Looms as Microsoft’s D-Day for XP Forces Security Scramble

https://blog.avast.com/2014/03/17/a...osofts-d-day-for-xp-forces-security-scramble/

 

Quick question about the Avast configuration: in this advertising from Lavasoft using Virus Bulletin, it states that Avast doesn't have "no full on read protection by default"; I'm assuming that lowered Avast's detection? I can't find that setting on the configuration. Thanks

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/compare.php

 

May be the "PUP enabled" option.
Avast! Free Antivirus 9.0.2016
http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Avast-Home-Edition_17.png
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Avast-Home-Edition-Screenshot-6474.html

avast! v8.0 RejZoR's Custom avast! Configuration Profiles
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=2196842&postcount=47

 

Latest release is now 2014.9.0.2016 http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=147778.0

 

I gave up on avast after it was so light, then became so heavy and slowed down my entire system to a crawl ever since the 2014 update

I have a 2 year license sitting there useless now.

 

Performance-Test Oct 2013
http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php?chart=chart4&year=2013&month=10&sort=1

avast IS 2014=
Performance-Test (Suites) November 2013
http://www.av-comparatives.org/performance-tests/

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Avast: Free Antivirus / Version Tested:2014 / Platform
Windows 8.1 (64 bit)

Performance Score:5.5/6.0
Industry average: 5
http://www.av-test.org/no_cache/en/tests/test-reports/?tx_avtestreports_pi1[report_no]=134923

 

with all due respect, those benchmarks are useless. At the end of the day, it's how you feel when you use the AV.

If you check their forums, most the complaints are about performance, no connectivity to Dropbox (when uploading files), internet slow down, they've become as horrible as Kaspersky

 

I have to disagree with you I'm afraid, I see no performance complaints on the forum and the latest release 2014.9.0.2016 is extremely light, even browsing with AOS active creates no slow downs anymore.

 

Hi all

avast! Free Antivirus 9.0.2016

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=147778.0

 

Same here

 

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=342812
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=304653

 

im with on that part with saying about it's how you feel when you use the AV

 

I hope you do realize that not everything is downloaded through download.com downloader... i don't think avast! is using those.

 

I think that the problem was not about trusting Avast, but about the bad reputation that download.com now has that could "transfer" to Avast.

 

Yeah hopefully it won't make their clothes dirty.

 

The Software Updater on the Beta linked to Softronic. This is worrisome to me. A lot of their stuff is loaded with crapware. Is Softronic used on the final build?

See this jpg. Lower Right of snapshot showing avast! partnering with Softronic.

http://snag.gy/wryu8.jpg

 

While Avira stopped most of the junk Avast is introducing more and more junk. Very nice.

 

It should be disabled/turned off in the final release until they solve the PUPs problem.

 

Thanks for the info LagerX.

 

Does Avast has option to ignore/let false positive marked files? (allow option upon detection) i can't see that option it in the last version i tired, so i uninstalled it.

 

I think it's best that automatic update programs from security vendors use the official download locations or hosted on their own servers. All these 3rd party download sites with PUP's should be avoided, especially by security vendors.

 

Yes indeed!