Avira 12 Installation scan

When installing Avira 12 Premium two files were deleted after a restore point was created by Avira. They are WrtMon.exe and WrtProc.exe. I did some research and both are associated wit Canon printers and or Presto Page manager. I don't have a Canon printer but i do have Presto Page Manager which came with my Epson 810 printer. Do these files recreate themselves when needed or should I restore from the restore point?

 

Restored files from restore point.

 

Dang that's a pain. Did you report it as fp?

How is the new version running for you? Feel free to PM if you want since Avira is normally a hot topic here on Wilders.

Cheers.

 

Have tried it for few days,I will say that nothing special about new version except new look (which is not much impressive). Its old avira suite with good detection and light on system but now loosing its light av tag to avast/norton which i feel more lighter than avira

 

That is very unfortunate to hear.

 

Same results from me ... and the installation is a pain for many...not to mentioned the dreaded toolbar

 

Both files have been confirmed as belonging to Presto Page manager on the forum. But I'm really sorry (not) to have to rain on the parade of those who want to be negative about Avira ( I'm not including you Trooper) but my system is much more responsive than it was with version 10, which was good already. I just wish that they didn't include all of the visual elements of the suite in the Premium interface.

 

I have to disagree.

 

Thanks for the reply The Hammer. I hope that some of the issues like installation problems etc get sorted out soon by them. I had an issue with the beta but subsequent updates took care of that issue.

Keep us posted with your results.

Cheers!

 

Are you talking about the scan just before installing Avira (about possible conflicts) or the one right after (quick scan for malware)?

For people having installation problems and definitively wanting to remain with Avira they ought to uninstall any other security, install Avira, and then re-install the other security. This has worked very well with me, and I'm pleased to confirm that Avira is very fast (even with the web guard and ProActiv on) and light compared to version 10.

 

I may give it a go on my mother in laws laptop. It currently has Avast. So do a complete uninstall, install Avira, and then hopefully good to go?

Any special things to look out for?

I'm happy to hear its light. I noticed that as well when I was testing the beta.

Cheers.

 

I'm only reporting what has worked on my machine. Avira detected Look'n'Stop as a possible conflict, I therefore uninstalled it, then the the installation got stuck with loading components modules... I had to restore an image. This time Sandboxie was the reason. After uninstalling Sandboxie (and Look'n'Stop) Avira 12 installed very quickly.

I have since re-installed Look'n'Stop successfully, and I'm about to re-install Sandboxie (although I'm taking my time as I realize Sandboxie was not as trouble free as Shadow Defender, but this is another story).

When uninstalling I was careful to clean up leftovers in the registry, and if I were you I would try to clean up after uninstalling Avast

 

I'm talking about the quick scan for malware which is performed right after installation.

 

Thanks for your reply. Do you use any registry cleaners to take away any leftovers or are you doing it manually?

Yeah careful with Sandboxie. WSA is flagging it as malware. I reported it as a false positive to Webroot though so we'll see how quickly it gets sorted.

Cheers!

 

You are welcome. For Avira I use its dedicated 'Avira RegistryCleaner', I don't know if Avast has one, otherwise I use 'j16 Power tools 2010' manually choosing the entries to delete (making sure to back them up first), sometimes drivers might be involved but that was not my case.

I'd like to add to my previous post that once Avira is installed and one has re-installed other applications I would make sure to exclude anything that might affect or be affected by Avira in the 'PC protection>Realtime Protection>Scan>Exception' both processes and objects. Same exclusion in 'PC protection>Realtime Protection>ProActiv>Application filter>Allowed' setting application type for 'contents'. I don't know whether it is really necessary, but I do it.

 

This is a very clever solution for possible FPs although System Restore is always off on my machine as I rely on system images.