On 02 Aug 2016, "s|b" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:21:50 +0200, FredW wrote:

Avast upgraded to 2016.12.2.3126.2
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/deta...e_edition.html
(mind the .2 at the end)

Apparently, this was a "silent" update through the Emergency Update.

You must be right - after learning I had installed the bad update and
learning it had been fixed, I went back to update Avast again and was
surprised to find it was already updated to the fixed version. They
must have pushed it without any action on my part. I'm glad it's fixed,
but that kind of silent manipulation of my computer is disconcerting.