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Post by mikkh on Jan 29, 2010 23:45:01 GMT
A new version of Avast is available The familiar blue livery has been changed to orange for some reason The voice that tells you you've been updated is now female The two icons in the tray is now one - good thinking The install is faster and doesn't beg for a reboot anymore The registration is more streamlined and easier. All looking good so far A more complete review here www.daemonnews.org/2010/01/19/avast-5-gets-a-new-look-finally.html |
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Post by ken on Jan 30, 2010 11:01:03 GMT
I have got it on both The Beast and my laptop Mikk. I installed it when it came out about a week ago and its working fine. The new voice isn't as creepy as the old one. I like the streamlined installation, its a bit more civilised than before.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 30, 2010 11:16:21 GMT
Thanks for that, will update Avast in a minute x
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Post by buzzy on Jan 30, 2010 11:59:33 GMT
Thanks guys - i have installed Avast v5 - working well.  |
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 30, 2010 13:19:11 GMT
Is Avast 5 any better than Avira Antivirs and is it FREE?
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 30, 2010 14:39:24 GMT
Yes, Avast is free
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 30, 2010 15:36:52 GMT
Thanks LynnRose 
;D
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Post by ken on Jan 30, 2010 16:04:57 GMT
It updates itself Elvis, unless its changed Avira free doesn't. I have never used Avira, but I have heard good things about it. The auto-updating or lack of it, is the only complaint I have heard about it. I've used Avast since XP x 64 came out in BETA, they were the only company who took 64 bit seriously. In all these years I have never had any trouble with it. When Win7 came out in BETA, it went straight on like it was made for it.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 30, 2010 16:57:03 GMT
What a pain installing Avast 5 has been for me this afternoon
Nothing I did seemed to get the new version up and running, just kept getting an RPC error and Avast was still showing as 'blue' instead of 'orange'
Did all the usual stuff, re-booting etc.
Tried to uninstall Avast 4.8, wouldn't let me, not even in safe mode or using CCleaner
System Restore no use
Also lost the use of Windows Live Mail for some strange reason, so I had to re-install it
Anyway, re-installed version 5 again and it is now orange, but have yet to hear the female voice
The only thing now is that I have an exclamation mark on Avast icon
The programme says that 'your system is not fully protected.'
My 'Real-time' shields' cannot be turned on and unable to use the 'Fix Now' button, so I am presuming that I need to enter the registration key for Avast to be working properly.............but the email with the key has just arrived and the instructions are for the 'old' Avast on how to enter key, so where do I put in the key?
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Post by ken on Jan 30, 2010 17:37:13 GMT
You dont need to put a number in now Lynnrose, thats only for the Pro version now. The free one you click the icon and open it and click on Register. Then put in your name and email address and its registered. Theres none of the old copy and paste from an email anymore.
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Post by ken on Jan 30, 2010 17:45:10 GMT
I dont understand whats gone wrong with yours Lynnrose, Ive not had any problem with either installation. It should all work fine without registering, you get a few days to try it out before you have to register it. I didn't have to uninstall the old version, it just offered me the upgrade and I clicked on the popup. It then uninstalled the old and put on the new.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 30, 2010 19:38:45 GMT
Avast didn't offer me an upgrade, I had to seek it out myself ~ Vista laptop ~ I haven't tried it on my XP main PC yet
It still won't let me turn on the mail shield, so I think I will go back to version 4.8
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Post by lazysod on Jan 30, 2010 19:40:31 GMT
Sounds like it might be safer waiting on it asking you to upgrade then I think I may wait after reading Lynnrose's post I will just have to be patient ;D Thanks for the warning Lynnrose also thanks for the information Mikkh and Ken at least I know to take it when it does offer the upgrade thanks ;D
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 30, 2010 19:49:58 GMT
Yes i have just reinstalled W7 and i have backups but i think i shall leave it for now ;D Thanks all
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Post by ken on Jan 30, 2010 20:15:39 GMT
Maybe the new one has been made for Win7 and its not sorted out properly for XP yet. It offered me an upgrade the day it came out and it looks like they are not offering it to XP users. There are quite a few people complaining about BSODs with it and they are all from people running XP and Vista. The forums are advising XP and Vista users to hold off on installing it just yet. So it would be better to continue using v.4.8 on XP and Vista, until you get offered the upgrade. Its supposed to be the finished article and not a BETA and they are advertising it for 2K, XP, Vista and Win7. 32 and 64 bit of the latter 3.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 30, 2010 21:08:22 GMT
Well my laptop now has version 4.8 back on and running fine.
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Post by lazysod on Jan 31, 2010 0:40:24 GMT
KC I have windows 7 on my PC and this wee notebook as well ;D and I have not as yet been offered an upgrade on either. After Lynnrose had hassles I will wait on the offer first but I don't think it is anything to do with what version OS you have or they may have offered me it by now, just thought I would mention this to see if there was another reason.
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Post by mikkh on Jan 31, 2010 1:48:32 GMT
That's a shame you've had trouble with it Lynnrose.
I should perhaps have mentioned it was several clean installs I did - for other people, replacing the Norton 'free' trial in most cases
In fact I thought I was being scammed at first, after being offered the orange version
I use Linux 99% of the time now, and I don't bother protecting my Windows partition at all because I only use it for offline games and can't be doing with updating it constantly
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Post by ken on Jan 31, 2010 13:08:49 GMT
Anyone who is suffering from freezing since upgrading:
Open Avast, Settings, Troubleshoot and turn off the Self Defence Module.
They claim that is the problem with it and turning it off corrects the problem.
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 31, 2010 13:57:52 GMT
Well now KC has sorted it i may have a go.
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Post by ken on Jan 31, 2010 15:41:01 GMT
This is the answer I gave Elvis on the other site. I will post it here as well as it might be of interest to someone.
I have turned it off on The Beast now Elvis. As you know I've got a couple of problems with it and I don't want to make things worse. I have left it alone on the laptop, just to see what happens. So far the laptop is working fine with everything engaged, so it would seem its only with XP and Vista. The laptop is using Win7 Home Premium x 64. Its an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66MHz with 4 gig RAM, so its not exactly a slouch. Also some of the people who are getting the trouble, don't say what they are running. I've got a suspicion they are people running stuff on underpowered machines. People are still running XP with insufficient RAM and others have downgraded to Visa on machines built for XP. Or for that matter bought machines with Vista, that were only built for XP.
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Post by ken on Jan 31, 2010 15:52:10 GMT
I've not got an answer for Lynnrose as her trouble is completely different to everyone else. It just wont install properly, which obviously has nothing to do with the Self Defence Module. I would throw that download away if you have saved it Lynnrose. Next time try a fresh download, it might have got corrupted. Last night when I booted up the laptop, Avast downloaded a patch and the Avast 5 has got a different number after it now. It hasn't got exacty the same 5 version now, as the one that was causing the trouble. I dont know if that was a cure, it didn't say. Avast do know about it and are trying to correct the problem, thats all I know at the moment.
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 31, 2010 19:29:39 GMT
OK KC i have not installed it yet, Running W7 32bit, Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gig ram.
Linux Mint 64bit & 32bit ;D
Thanks
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 31, 2010 20:44:49 GMT
Thanks KC, but gonna leave it for now x
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Post by ken on Jan 31, 2010 20:58:20 GMT
Best thing to do Lynnrose, but out of all I have read yours is different. If someone else get your trouble and theres a solution, you will be the first to know.
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Post by Pete on Mar 17, 2010 16:52:35 GMT
I have been on avast 5 for a few weeks now, and have had no problems so far. I am on win7 home premium 64bit. Think avast 5 is a good upgrade from last version, as is more straight forward in use.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 18, 2010 13:40:20 GMT
I use Avast on both my PC's with onut any problems and i put it on other PC
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Post by nike on Mar 19, 2010 11:26:21 GMT
Avast 5 running fine on all my four computers. 2 x PC's, and 2 x Laptops.
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Post by buzzy on Apr 20, 2010 11:16:42 GMT
I have been apprised of a problem with what seems to be 'False Positives' from a couple of members of another Forum I subscribe to. From a personal point of view I have not experienced problems (yet). Apparently back in December 2009 there was an 'iffy' update but they fixed that. The-Avast-Problem-105773Has anyone had any such similar problems - recently? |
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Post by ken on Apr 20, 2010 12:23:14 GMT
That report is dated 2nd Dec 2009 Buzz, a lot of things have gone on since then. I'm running v.5 on my Windows 7 x 64 on 3 machines without any problems. I have still got v.4.8 on XP x 64, but only because I haven't used XP since about December. When I get round to running my older sims that dont work on Win7, I will update the XP to v.5 as well.
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