Avast Bug

[Dinesh]

It looks like the developer needs to give it some more time before releasing a new version every twice a week. I have re-installed Avast and still getting the same issue.
There is no scan options.



So I uninstalled Avast using Revo uninstaller and reinstalled Avast, it fixed the issue, finally!

 

[mitchell64]

Hallo Dinesh, it may be a 64bit problem as i have done update through program followed by uninstall then reinstall with the new installer on two 32 bit machines & not encountered any problems

 

[Airbot]

Never had the problem..

 

[cloud8521]

Hallo Dinesh, it may be a 64bit problem as i have done update through program followed by uninstall then reinstall with the new installer on two 32 bit machines & not encountered any problems

its happened on my brothers Win Xp, so thats not it.

 

[mark5019]

7 64 here no probs with it

 

[Dinesh]

It could be just a bug.

 

[DreemWarrior]

Nor have I had any issues with the updates....

 

[manhunter2826]

No probs with 64-bit Home Premium here, but have just noticed that boot-time scanner is not available - it says only available under 32-bit. Is this going to be a security prob? Thanks all.

 

[cloud8521]

No probs with 64-bit Home Premium here, but have just noticed that boot-time scanner is not available - it says only available under 32-bit. Is this going to be a security prob? Thanks all.

should not be a security prob. but it may make getting rid of some viruses harder.

 

[manhunter2826]

No probs with 64-bit Home Premium here, but have just noticed that boot-time scanner is not available - it says only available under 32-bit. Is this going to be a security prob? Thanks all.

should not be a security prob. but it may make getting rid of some viruses harder.

Thanks cloud; such a shame. I wonder why Avast have not resolved this. I've used Avast for several years and now might have to change to a different AV I'll wait and see perhaps...

 

[Airbot]

No probs with 64-bit Home Premium here, but have just noticed that boot-time scanner is not available - it says only available under 32-bit. Is this going to be a security prob? Thanks all.

should not be a security prob. but it may make getting rid of some viruses harder.

Thanks cloud; such a shame. I wonder why Avast have not resolved this. I've used Avast for several years and now might have to change to a different AV I'll wait and see perhaps...

The boot time scan has never been available with a x64 OS in any Avast version to date. If you want to read about it, why it doesn't have it, etc.. should check out the avast forum, just search for "no 64 bit boot time scan", and you should find a few threads on it.

This one here in particular explains why it doesn't fairly adequately.
New avast Beta refresh
And here:
Kernel Patch Protection

But they are saying they will somehow implement it in Avast 5.1..supposedly.

 

[manhunter2826]

^Thanks Airbot for that, will have a read now. I was just worried about it being a security loophole. Very kind of you and repped for the links.

 

[Airbot]

I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

[manhunter2826]

Just had a read and really useful post you pointed to. Thanks again Airbot.