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avast antivirus problem

11 years ago

Hi,
I have Avast Antivirus software on my Dell Lattitude D630 Laptop. I tried to download a Gimp program and my software went into a freeze and the antivirus software will not open with the normal password I put in the password many times and it won't accept any password as the correct password even after it was changed!!!! Any ideas about what to do???
Aynlee63

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kbarb - San Francisco - Z10a
11 years ago
>>My software went into a freeze

What software are you referring to ? It's not clear.

Are you saying Avast is responding to the Gimp download as something malicious ? It's not clear.

What about trying to reboot, then see if you can open Avast.
shadylady2u
11 years ago
I use Avast and have never had to put a password in to open it. Are you talking about another program and you feel Avast is blocking it? Sorry, but I'm not clear on your questions either.
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aynlee63
Original Author
11 years ago
The Avast software stopped my downloading anything from www.gimp.com. My computer froze and I tried to shut down Avast and it came up looking for a password. I haven't seen this before either. Now when I click on any Avast Icon on any part of my computer, there is a dialog box that asks for a password!! I have tried uninstalling the Avast software; I need a password to uninstall it!??? I think Avast sees Gimp as a "virus", but the password created for this account doesn't work on my computer. It does work on the other two computers. (But not my laptop.) I can't even update the Avast software, so it is of little use in the longrun!!! I called Avast and they say it works on 2 out of the 3 computers, so tough DoDo!!! To put it nicely!!! Thanks for the attempt at help! Any other ideas????? Ayn
mikie_gw
11 years ago
Start in safe mode and open Command Prompt (admin) and run the command;
del %ProgramData%\Avast Software\Avast\aswResp.dat

maybe you'll get lucky, its a hidden file so if you want to browse to it to delete, you have to go to folder options in control panel and unhide system files probably

This post was edited by mikie on Sat, Feb 7, 15 at 17:39
Richard (Vero Beach, Florida)
11 years ago
The Avast software stopped my downloading anything from www.gimp.com.

If you really did go to gimp.COM instead of gimp.ORG then Avast was right to try to stop you.

Gimp.com seems to be just a parked domain. However, unless you're blocking ads, you might possibly get an ad for a Gimp from a bad source.

Like this:

{{gwi:2144159}}

Do NOT obtain Gimp by following any of those links.

The safe source for Gimp is the org... gimp.org
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kbarb - San Francisco - Z10a
11 years ago
Nice one Mikie - right off the top of your head ? impressive.

There's a whole page on getting rid of that password, including a tool you can download :

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/reset-or-remove-avast-authorization-password-to-access-settings/

raymond.cc is pretty reliable and trustworthy - you might want to try the tool.

Here is a link that might be useful: Reset or Remove avast! Authorization Password to Access Settings - raymond.cc

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