Antivirus program by AVAST Software
Questions tagged [avast]
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What exactly does the Avast "remind me next century" option actually do?
When Avast needs to restart your computer after a program update, it provides an option to remind you "next century":
Based on anecdotal responses to it that I've come across, it definitely doesn't wait an actual century, so just what exactly does…
Hashim Aziz
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Stop avast! from attacking my own programs
I've been practicing my C# lately on a new system. Compiling is fine, however when I try to run the generated .exe file, avast! thinks it is malware and runs it in the sandbox for a while (and it doesn't work in the sandbox as it should work…
Bluefire
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Avast on macOS High Sierra claims it has caught the Windows-Only “Cryptonight” virus
Yesterday I ran a full system scan using my Avast antivirus software and it found a infection file. The file's location is :
/private/var/db/uuidtext/7B/BC8EE8D09234D99DD8B85A99E46C64
Avast categorizes the infection file as :
JS:Cryptonight…
Lonely Twinky
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Avast Antivirus downloading data from net even when told not to update
This is a strange problem that I have never seen before. I have two machines, both running Win 7 and running the latest version of Avast, both seem to be downloading large amounts of data. I noticed it when we were using more data for our monthly…
Nathan W
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Windows 7 says Avast is off, but it's not! Am I infected?
I have Avast Free antivirus installed on Windows 7.
I just noticed that Windows Action Center (the white flag icon in task bar) warns me about activating Avast antivirus, and even if I click activate it will just continue to ask for that.
But Avast…
usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ
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Avast detected slow program
Recently my computer has just gotten so slow. I downloaded CCleaner and along with it came Avast. The former I ran and got rid of a bunch of junk slowing down my computer, but it was still slow so I decided to use Avast. I ran the Cleanup Premium…
Caleb
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What is the "Web Compat" Firefox addon - Avast suggest removing
I'm using Firefox 48.0.1 and I just booted Firefox up and I got a warning from Avast about a addon with a poor rating, the exact screenshot:
I don't recall installing this addon and I can't find it on the official Firefox addon store.
Does anyone…
Brett
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SSL handshake fails for google.com only, in all browsers
I can't connect to google.com via HTTPS on any browser (Safari, Firefox or Chrome). All other sites (HTTPS or not) are fine. The error I get is ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED in Chrome, Secure Connection Failed in Firefox. Both curl and OpenSSL via command…
akxlr
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Adding a file to the scan exclusion list in Avast Antivirus
Using Avast Antivirus, is it possible to add a file to the scan exclusion list? I got a popup message saying that a "suspicious file" had been detected, and then I tried clicking "Add this file to the scan exclusion list", and it appeared that…
Anderson Green
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Windows 10 not booting: AswVmm.sys digital signature check failed
After freshly installing Avast Premier on a brand new HP ProBook 470 G2 with Windows 10 Home, I keep on getting the following message that prevents Windows from booting normally:
The operating system couldn't be loaded because the digital…
Vojtěch Dohnal
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How to quit Avast temporarily?
I know how to shut-down Avast's shields (the options range from disable for 10 minutes to disable permanently). However, just a few minutes ago, the process AvastSvc*32.exe started consistently hogging 97% of my CPU power. I couldn't kill the…
Shashank Sawant
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Windows 8 MsMpEng.exe high disk usage, uninstalled Defender, and now AvastSvc.exe
I recently disabled Windows Defender due to MsMpEng.exe randomly spiking up my computer's disk usage. I saw it from Task Manager->Details->I/O read and write bytes. The read bytes go as high as 12,000,000 bytes.
So I switched to Avast, which I…
Jack Sparser
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Is this Avast screen authentic?
Lately, I am getting this Avast pop-up as soon as I start my machine:
I updated the software and restarted, and got the pop-up again. Is it authentic?
Lazer
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Trojan au_.exe - how to get rid of it
I installed the popular software 'Synthesia' from its official website. It is a program for piano transcriptions. It has always been safe.
I decided to uninstall it and as soon as I uninstalled it, a virus came up.
I mean, I tried to uninstall it…
Francis
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Can I remove nengine.dll from my machine?
I recently started seeing an error message when starting up my pc:
nengine.dll is not a proper application extention.
Not recognising this nengine.dll, I did a quick search online and found it's some sort of malware.
So I deleted it. Now I'm…
Daft
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