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Title: Avast at Startup - HELP please
Post by: waverunnerz3 on May 30, 2005, 05:16:52 PM

I used to, at windows startup, have a portion of the  Avast program run all the time. with something like 7 different parts protecting me. its gone now. how can i bring this real time protection back? thanks!

Title: Re: Avast at Startup - HELP please
Post by: waverunnerz3 on May 30, 2005, 05:22:32 PM

also, thinking about it now, I believe I disabled it once in order to install some program that requested that anti-virus programs be disabled temporarily. can't remember what it was, but it was a reputable company, so i knew it was safe to disable it. but now I can't figure out how to get it back...

thanks!

Title: Re: Avast at Startup - HELP please
Post by: waverunnerz3 on May 30, 2005, 07:04:59 PM

Okay, I did some research of my own. It's the Resident Protection that seems to not be functioning at the moment. I have it set on "High," and in the Run->Msconfig->services window, an Avast! service is checked off as enabled, but it still isn't coming up at Windows startup. Any help would be most appreciated.

-Bill

Title: Re: Avast at Startup - HELP please
Post by: Lisandro on May 30, 2005, 11:51:17 PM

Can you try to repair your installation?
Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > avast! antivirus > Remove
Then choose Repair function in the popup window (Repair).
You must be connected to the internet while repairing.

If this does not help, can you uninstall / boot / install / boot again?