 siljalineI'm lovin' that double widePremium
join:2002-10-12
Montreal, QC
kudos:17
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 Thug21Just Chillin'Premium
join:2005-08-21
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3 edits | I always use Avira on every PC, but they have some reported issues with Windows 7 and chkdsk that they are trying to fix at the moment.
So for now, I'm using a free F-Secure license that I got from a promotion. It seems to be alright too.
They both have good detection via published tests. Although I must say I don't get to test it much, I've never run into an infection.
I also use a standard account and UAC on high settings.
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 jmorlanHmm... That's funny.Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-05
Pacifica, CA
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Has the update problem with MSE been solved?
Thanks.
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Thug21Just Chillin'Premium
join:2005-08-21
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2 edits | The Avira issue is fixed now »techblog.avira.com/2009/12/07/ch···ixed/en/ so I have it back on my Windows 7 PC.  |
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
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1 edit | It's not just Avira with that issue. I had it with Avast on Vista but a recent update appears to have fixed it. Avira's research showed that many AV vendors, and other vendors, have the problem on Vista/Win 7 but it doesn't show up for everyone and for many only the precursor Event 5038 in Security Audit appears and the actual chkdsk on reboot does not happen or doesn't for a long time. Yet, for a few, one Event 5038 immediately led to chkdsk on boot. Strange problem in that it doesn't manifest, in full degree, on all computers with these AV (and some other programs) using Vista/Win 7.
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 MarkAWBarry WhitePremium
join:2001-08-27
Canada
kudos:16
1 edit | said by Mele20:It's not just Avira with that issue. I had it with Avast on Vista but a recent update appears to have fixed it. Avira's research showed that many AV vendors, and other vendors, have the problem on Vista/Win 7 but it doesn't show up for everyone and for many only the precursor Event 5038 in Security Audit appears and the actual chkdsk on reboot does not happen or doesn't for a long time. Yet, for a few, one Event 5038 immediately led to chkdsk on boot. Strange problem in that it doesn't manifest, in full degree, on all computers with these AV (and some other programs) using Vista/Win 7. ...and i bet that it was Avast 5 Beta and not Avast 4.8? I only say this because you have said a number of times you only use Avast 5 beta.
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | Yes, I noticed it on the beta. I didn't post about it in Avast forum because it was on a beta version which I figured they knew about it (I'm sure they were well aware of Avira's problem as Avira said they and Microsoft had talked to other vendors and found the problem with a number of them). I figured Avast would fix in the next beta which apparently they did in beta 3 because I didn't see the error after getting that version.
I tried Professional 4.8 on a XP virtual machine earlier this year and I don't know if that security audit error is there or not. I haven't used that machine in a long while. I did see that Avira had been causing the 5038 error in Vista from the time I created that machine (May 2008) and installed Avira 8. But I never got the chkdsk on boot just the precursor error in Security Audit.
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