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(PeteCresswell)
Jun 18, 2013, 9:36:41 AM6/18/13
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viz: http://tinyurl.com/lq83wmg
Avast abends - both when trying to update it's virus profiles and when I
try to re-install it.
Since Chrome was also coughing up it's guts, I guessed it's something
with my PC.
I've re-imaged, run MemTest+, run Prime95 (CPU stress test)... but
nothing jumps out at me.
Moved the paging file from a media drive to the system's SDD, and Chrome
seems to have stopped abending.
Could this be something Avast-specific? i.e. maybe the Chrome thing
was a coincidence....
Anybody been here?
--
Pete Cresswell
Avast abends - both when trying to update it's virus profiles and when I
try to re-install it.
Since Chrome was also coughing up it's guts, I guessed it's something
with my PC.
I've re-imaged, run MemTest+, run Prime95 (CPU stress test)... but
nothing jumps out at me.
Moved the paging file from a media drive to the system's SDD, and Chrome
seems to have stopped abending.
Could this be something Avast-specific? i.e. maybe the Chrome thing
was a coincidence....
Anybody been here?
--
Pete Cresswell
David H. Lipman
Jun 18, 2013, 9:56:21 AM6/18/13
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From: "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid>
Uninstall and reinstall using the following Alwil uninstall utility to
remove Avast.
http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear.exe
--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
remove Avast.
http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear.exe
--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
(PeteCresswell)
Jun 18, 2013, 8:53:17 PM6/18/13
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Per David H. Lipman:
For anybody else that is going here:
- Copy AswClear.exe to C: before starting and run it from there
because it will prompt you to reboot into "Safe" mode and
"Safe" will hose your LAN connections.
- If you have multiple monitors, don't get excess stomach acid
when the Safe mode boot brings up your desktop totally hosed
and scrunched into a single monitor. It will revert to the
way it was once you reboot into regular mode.
- If you get stuck in Safe mode, Start | Run | msconfig.exe
and un-check the necessary options. Google for details.
- When doing the install, I missed some option and wound up with an
unwanted installation of Google DropBox on my PC - and the install
took a looooooong time, most of it around DropBox.
If I do it again, I will take care to tell it (hopefully there's an
option...) not to install DropBox.
--
Pete Cresswell
>Uninstall and reinstall using the following Alwil uninstall utility to
>remove Avast.
>
>http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear.exe
Thanks David!... that did the trick.
>remove Avast.
>
>http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear.exe
For anybody else that is going here:
- Copy AswClear.exe to C: before starting and run it from there
because it will prompt you to reboot into "Safe" mode and
"Safe" will hose your LAN connections.
- If you have multiple monitors, don't get excess stomach acid
when the Safe mode boot brings up your desktop totally hosed
and scrunched into a single monitor. It will revert to the
way it was once you reboot into regular mode.
- If you get stuck in Safe mode, Start | Run | msconfig.exe
and un-check the necessary options. Google for details.
- When doing the install, I missed some option and wound up with an
unwanted installation of Google DropBox on my PC - and the install
took a looooooong time, most of it around DropBox.
If I do it again, I will take care to tell it (hopefully there's an
option...) not to install DropBox.
--
Pete Cresswell
FromTheRafters
Jun 18, 2013, 9:26:22 PM6/18/13
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guess.
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David H. Lipman
Jun 19, 2013, 7:39:31 AM6/19/13
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From: "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid>
> Per David H. Lipman:
>> Uninstall and reinstall using the following Alwil uninstall utility to
>> remove Avast.
>>
>> http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear.exe
>
> Thanks David!... that did the trick.
>
YW Pete and thanx for the update.
> Per David H. Lipman:
>> Uninstall and reinstall using the following Alwil uninstall utility to
>> remove Avast.
>>
>> http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear.exe
>
> Thanks David!... that did the trick.
>
Rich Webb
Jun 19, 2013, 8:25:51 AM6/19/13
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On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:17 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid>
wrote:
>- If you have multiple monitors, don't get excess stomach acid
> when the Safe mode boot brings up your desktop totally hosed
> and scrunched into a single monitor. It will revert to the
> way it was once you reboot into regular mode.
If you do ever end up with a scrambled desktop, there's a little app
<http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http://midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm>
that can be used to snapshot and, later, restore the desktop
locations. His web site looks a little out of date but I've been using
the app (shell extension, actually) on Win7/64 with no problems.
wrote:
>- If you have multiple monitors, don't get excess stomach acid
> when the Safe mode boot brings up your desktop totally hosed
> and scrunched into a single monitor. It will revert to the
> way it was once you reboot into regular mode.
<http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http://midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm>
that can be used to snapshot and, later, restore the desktop
locations. His web site looks a little out of date but I've been using
the app (shell extension, actually) on Win7/64 with no problems.
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