Introducing AX64 Time Machine - hybrid imaging/snapshot software

I can't see an obvious Self Protected mode in my Avast. Any obvious titles to look for? By restoring outside of Windows do you mean my AX64 recovery disk? It is a Canon printer. If I uninstalled Avast would I lose the file? Thanks for responding. As a weekend computer user I'm not schooled in this stuff, so I will probably need instructions dumbed down a little.

Update: 9/29\13
I disabled self defense, and will try another AX64 snapshot and go from there following your instructions. Thanks!

 

Avast self protection

Settings>troubleshooting....untick enable Avast! self defence module.

Remember to tick it, ie...enable self protection when you have finished...Important!

 

Thanks. I just got up and am starting to work on this again. I disabled self defense.

 

Hi Escalader, I just got up and am starting to work on Jim's solution so far.
Thanks for your response! Avast and AX64 have no conflicts with each other. I am integrating your suggestions as I begin. I might try to restore to another snapshot in AX64 and either immediately disable Avast's self defense and then uninstall Avast before anything else happens. If that goes well I will have to contemplate whether I really need an AV. I haven't had an antivirus stop anything since 1998. MBAM has done me well. Oh well back to work.

 

Hi Pete, First I have to say that each AX64 restore to a previous snapshot was successful. No problem with AX64. I thought that by reverting to a snapshot before the problem, I would get behind it and be good. It is only in the new snapshot, as soon as I click anything where I can print, Avast sends a pop up and puts my printer driver in quarantine, and I can't print. So now I was thinking about doing another AX64 restore to another snapshot, and upon completion disable Avast's self defense module so it supposedly won't fire out a new pop up and quarantine my printer driver, and then uninstall Avast until I can verify I'm OK, and figure out a plan for Avast, or leave it uninstalled. What are your thoughts on that? Thanks for responding!

 

Jim & Pete, I just discovered that after disabling the Self Defense module, even though my driver is still listed in Avast's quarantine, my print capabilities are OK. I am aware that I can't leave the self defense module disabled forever, so I am wondering what do do now, rather than doing another AX64 snapshot restore as I was planning. Thanks for your help with this.

 

Pete,
OK I PM'd you.
Just FWIW I was under the impression that AX64 would restore ahead in time to a snapshot as well as back in time. Well, I attempted to restore to a backup ahead on my backup list. It sat on 3% for an hour, so I did what you are told not to and shut down. Now I know why Isso tells you not to shut down while a restore is in progress, even though it's only 3% along. You can't complete a boot. I used my AX64 Rescue disk and it still works great. I'm back in business. Also, referring to my posts above regarding my Printer driver stuck in Avast's quarantine and not being able to restore it, it's gone from quarantine. I immediately unselected the self defense module in Avast so it can't grab my printer driver again. I still have to figure out how to prevent Avast from doing that if I re select the self defense module, or whether to just not use Avast or not. AX64 is the best!

 

Correct, that is why it is named "Time Machine". It worked for me, that back-and-forth stuff, but only in testing with minor changes in-between. Still an awful lot of potential with this program if it can continue to exist.

Acadia

 

This is a well known bug in AX64 (freezing during a hot restore either forward or backward) and is expected (hopefully) to be fixed in the (fingers crossed) next AX64 release.

 

1145 (unofficially available) is supposed to be the next step along the path to resolving this issue (according to posts by Isso...before his attention was diverted elsewhere for the moment).

If you are not using this build you could try it to see if it helps...but as I said, it is really a beta and not even officially released as such...so it is very much use at your own risk.

See this post by MarcP https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=2284957&postcount=4659 which has a link to the site where you can get this build.

I am giving another try at present and it seems relatively stable.

Regards, Balders

 

OK I'll remember that. Thanks for the heads up.

 

FWIW, That was the 4th restore I had done in two days and the only one that screwed up, so I assumed it was having trouble going to a newer snapshot. Not a bad average.

 

I don't expect to have to do another restore soon, if my apps don't turn against me again.

 

Hi twl. My Avast recently updated it's definition files and when i went to use my Avant Browser it immediately complained that "avant.exe" was a virus. I knew this not to be the case and concluded it to be a false positive. However all this talk about disabling self protect mode is probably not the way to go.

In my case, i closed the Avast virus window by clicking on the X at on the right hand corner (in other words i opted to not quarantine it). Then i opened my Avast console and went into the File System Shield Settings and excluded the Avant.exe file ( paths must be included ). This allowed my Avant Browser to work normally and i was still fully protected. After a few days, I go back into the File System Shield Settings and remove the exclusion to see if the false positive has been fixed. If not then simply reinsert it otherwise your golden!

 

Hi Carfal, Thanks for responding. When you mention the "virus window" are you talking about the pop up that notified me I was infected? That was all the warning I got before it automatically put my printer driver in quarantine. As I wrote this I remembered the Action settings in Avast of which I had them set at "send to virus chest. That would explain why the suspected virus immediately went there. I went into Avast and changed the settings to "ask" in every category. I also excluded the file from File System Shield. I did it again in global exclusions too for good measure. Was that OK?

 

Update: I re enabled the Self Defense Module and after using my printer there were no virus alerts. So as you said, I'm golden. Thanks for the help!

 

New FarStone RestoreIT 2014...Hummm. The final answer ?

 

RestoreIT is a completely different product.

 

@derson

Farstone Restore IT 2014, is the same as the previous version, no support for external drives as it mods the MBR. Nothing like AX64

 

I am sick and tired of people derailing this thread. I reported every single one of them.

 

Two posts above yours. Check it out. A moderator already commented