Avast updates problems / email affected ?
I have a query please re Avast and the recent problems I seem to be encountering.
For a while now, the length of time taken to download their updates seems endless...sometimes 10 mins or more. Also the frequency seems to be variable. Tonight for example, I booted up at around 1730...first update....then I got another problem, again, only with the updates recently, the screen goes black and eventually all the icons appear again..not tonight. Shut down, boot up again and bingo!..scree back as per normal...and another upgrade....type out email on OE..come to send and no deal, I get a caption box asking me to confirm my details...press OK and nothing happens....shut down and get messages about unsent mail etc..press OK..nothing happens...shut down and boot up again...another update....try the BT / Yahoo route....takes an age with lots of computer "chattering noise"....shut down, start up again....another update !.
Check OE again, and this time I get on...check folders and see mail has gone....one is not so sure here however.
So, all the problems seem to stem from Avast!....does anybody have any idea please as to what the issue could be and why Avast! seems to update so often?.