Latest version of Avast Antivirus

ITS A FALSE POSITIVE.. NOT A VIRUS.
in Avast!'s most recent update, (currently being downloaded by all Avast users all over the world) avast marked all programs written in with Delphi programing such as Skype, Spybot, online armor and others, as a virus.
Then Avast proceeds to remove all these programs, and mark them as viruses as you boot up your computer. This can cause a crippling effect on your system, as my dad learned earlier today.
The update was sent out earlier this morning and was most likely downloaded a couple hours ago by all avast users.
We thought that someone had downloaded WIN32: DELF-MZG (TRJ) and it was spreading over our other computers. Luckily I run a mac which there isnt a version of Avast for. My dad lost all his business files since a lot of them were programed in Delphi.

THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO (Until Avast! fixes this error):
1. Turn off computer and reboot in safe mode by holding F8.
2. Log in as Admin,
3. REMOVE AVAST completely from computer, do not allow it to run anymore scans.
4. Get a new anti-virus until Avast teams fix this problem.

All i can say now is that shame on you Avast for crippling all 5 PCs in my house and causing ireplacable damage to files and directories.

i hope you can catch this b4 it does to your PCs what it did to mine.

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• hover.wav
• malfound.wav
• press.wav
• ready.wav
• suspic.wav
• virfound.wav
• vpsupd.wav

• Automatic VPS update vpsupd.wav
• Detection of suspicious message suspic.wav
• Mouse over the simple user interface button hover.wav
• Other malware found malfound.wav
• Program end ready.wav
• Program start ready.wav
• Simple user interface button pressed press.wav
• Task done ready.wav
• Virus found virfound.wav

Dwarf said:

The sounds are located in the following location.

C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ENGLISH\

They are as follows:

• hover.wav
• malfound.wav
• press.wav
• ready.wav
• suspic.wav
• virfound.wav
• vpsupd.wav

To replace these in your sound scheme, right click the speaker icon in the notification area of the taskbar and select Sounds. Scroll down to avast! antivirus.

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Alternatively, right click the Avast! icon in the notification area of the taskbar and then click Sounds.

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Ensure that Disable avast! sounds (highlighted) is unchecked and then click Settings... This will open the Sounds menu at the correct location - see first image.

Click on each category in turn and browse to the above location. Select the correct sound file for each category and check by clicking on Test.

• Automatic VPS update vpsupd.wav
• Detection of suspicious message suspic.wav
• Mouse over the simple user interface button hover.wav
• Other malware found malfound.wav
• Program end ready.wav
• Program start ready.wav
• Simple user interface button pressed press.wav
• Task done ready.wav
• Virus found virfound.wav

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Brink said:

New Avast 5.0.314 beta released. See first post for more details.

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Airbot said:

erm, just updated AIS to new version over .259, rebooted, gave me a nice black screen with just a cursor. Restarted again, same thing. had to uninstall from safe mode, then get the new version download link from the site and manually install. :sarc: Still think you have some problems with updating from within previous version there Avast.

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Airbot said:

erm, just updated AIS to new version over .259, rebooted, gave me a nice black screen with just a cursor. Restarted again, same thing. had to uninstall from safe mode, then get the new version download link from the site and manually install. :sarc: Still think you have some problems with updating from within previous version there Avast.

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Brink said:

It updated just fine for me though from the 5.0.259 version to the new 5.0.314. :huh:

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