- AVAST FREE ANTIVIRUS FOR WINDOWS 10 OFFLINE UPDATE INSTALL
- AVAST FREE ANTIVIRUS FOR WINDOWS 10 OFFLINE UPDATE REGISTRATION
Realizing that an extreme false positive could have detrimental effects - and since I know I personally won’t panic at a “virus” alert, and will investigate it further to make my own determination, I opted to change these to first ASK me, and if that “fails” then place the file in the Chest. But I do recommend you read and “feel these out” for yourself.Ĭoncerning the various “shields”, and their automated activity/response, the default when a virus/PUP/suspicious file is encountered, is first try to Move it To the Chest… if that fails, try to delete it… and if that also fails, to take no (further) action. Being straight-forward, I will not repeat them here. The Quick-Start Guide instructions, pages 9-10, are very informative for showing details. A minor difference here (from version 4.8) is that avast 5 seems to remember (and open) the last interface screen you had viewed (rather than starting with any “main” screen). You can open the avast user interface (“program”) by LEFT-clicking on the orange avast ball in your system tray. You will need to re-register avast every 12 months.
AVAST FREE ANTIVIRUS FOR WINDOWS 10 OFFLINE UPDATE REGISTRATION
This includes the resident protection, the virus chest and the scheduler”.įollowing in the order of the Quick Setup Guide, I checked my registration (Right-click on the Orange A-ball, select registration information) to confirm that avast 5 had carried-over my registration from avast 4. Avast 5 spoke to me in a higher/woman’s voice, rather than the lower/male’s voice of version 4.Ĭhecking in WinPatrol, I see that Avast 5 added one startup program AvastUI.exe ( User Interface), which presumably places the orange ball in the system tray and one startup service AvastSvc.exe, which “ Manages and implements avast! antivirus services for this computer. I then received my first virus database update.
The old 4.8 BLUE ball in the system tray has been replaced by a new ORANGE one for 5.0. I received several prompts (permission requests) from my Comodo firewall… but that’s certainly to be expected.
The first reboot : I anxiously kept my fingers crossed as the system was rebooting. The installer created a System Restore point, and then installed avast 5.Ī new, ORANGE avast icon was placed on my desktop.Īt this point the installation was complete, and it was strongly suggested I reboot. I opted-out (chose NO), and clicked NEXT. To avast’s credit, neither the YES nor NO box was pre-checked! So the user must explicitly opt-in or opt-out here. Avast “recommends” this - but it is not required.
AVAST FREE ANTIVIRUS FOR WINDOWS 10 OFFLINE UPDATE INSTALL
I was then offered the option to install Google Chrome (an alternative browser). This box was pre-checked, I accepted it, and clicked on NEXT. The first option offered was to participate in the avast community, “to anonymously forward some security-related information to avast (on an as-needed basis)”. I presume this means I downloaded an English-only installer. UNLIKE the indication in the Quick-Start Guide, there was no choice of language offered. (I received a query about avast 4’s removal, from TeaTimer, which I permitted). I accepted the Open File – Security Warning, and chose to RUN the Setup Engine. I presume that Vista and Win7 users should opt to Run as Administrator ?) The Installation process : I clicked to run the Setup Engine. Go offline : I turned-off my wireless adapter card, so as to insure my system would be offline - and therefore, protected - even as avast was automatically uninstalling the older version 4.8 For those who wish to take a simpler (/ safer) approach, you might consider temporarily disabling any resident defenses that might “impede” avast’s installation. I realized doing so might bombard me with prompts to allow/accept system changes. Resident Protection : I have, and decided to keep running, SpyBot’s TeaTimer, Microsoft’s Windows Defender, and WinPatrol.
(which, at present, takes you to CNET Downloads). (Addendum: for the avast 5 removal tool, should you want/need it, see )Īvast's Quick-Start Guide (for reference, including detailed installation instructions) can be downloaded fromĭownload the new Avast 5 (Version 5.0.377) - 38.29 Meg, from Just in case of total disaster (i.e., the need to revert to 4.8). Paranoid Precautions : I downloaded a copy of the (older) Avast 4.8 setup engine Reasonable Precautions: I backed up some personal files (my income tax return that I'm currently preparing, and my Microsoft Money files) that I wouldn't want to have to recreate from scratch. Well, curiosity got the best of me, and so I "bit-the-bullet" and upgraded to avast 5 (from 4.8).