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    Latest version of Avast is faulty?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by boogieman99, May 6, 2010.

  1. boogieman99

    boogieman99 Notebook Consultant

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    Just updated Avast about an hour ago and restarted when the "restart computer now" box came up, but on the restart nothing happened. Now my M50 no longer starts because "recovery.dat" cannot be sound. Since the laptop was working perfectly fine, the computer is clean(this is my "work" laptop), and the the hard drive hasn't indicated any signs of failure, I'm going to assume Avast may have had something to do with this.

    Anyone else have this problem with the latest Avast update? I haven't updated the program on my dv2 yet for fear of the same thing happening.
     
    boogieman99, May 6, 2010
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    Sahugani Notebook Consultant

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    i have had no problems using avast 5.0. does the laptop make any noise when you turn it on?
     
    Sahugani, May 6, 2010
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    no problems here either.
    work computers all froze up after the latest forced windows update last night so im wondering if it could be that.

    are you running the free version or pro of avast?
     
    MrDJ, May 7, 2010
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    No noises. Seems to be running fine other than the "recovery.dat" file missing and the inability to boot the os. I can still access the hard drive from other computers via an enclosure

    It is the free version
     
    boogieman99, May 7, 2010
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    Have you checked this NBR thread?
    Read the whole thread before fixing/deleting anything from the command prompt. Might offer you a solution.
    Perhaps you ought to backup important work stuff before anything else.
     
    Baserk, May 7, 2010
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    as its the free version the other option is to delete the program from your computer and download it again with a new activation key.
     
    MrDJ, May 8, 2010
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    Well ... to my knowledge, Avast 5 had a tendency of freezing up Windows 7.
    I have no idea if they managed to fix this issue, but quite a lot of people (incl. my father) experienced this problem.

    I replaced it with MSE - 0 issues.
     
    Deks, May 8, 2010
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    I'm running Avast 5 on two Win7 systems, and have had 0 problems. FWIW, there was a program update 2 days ago.
     
    Just Lou, May 9, 2010
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    I couldn't access the BIOS or log in to fix it, but for some reason the laptop decided to bring up system restore by default when I pressed power today

    IDK what what caused the failure or decision by the computer to start randomly working again, but it's been factory restored and works now.

    Thanks for the responses
     
    boogieman99, May 14, 2010
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