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Title: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 04:13:40 PM
My beloved Avast has been either destroyed or uninstalled 9 times since new year. I have today been through alot of cleaning of malware and stuff like that, without knowing what is going on. But my avast wont work and I reinstalled again again, but now the licence key wont work. Then I installed the free version. NOW IT ALSO WANTS a registration key?????  I am about to get a nervous break down.
PLEASE help me. :-[
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Pondus on February 15, 2012, 04:20:34 PM
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I have today been through alot of cleaning of malware and stuff like that, without knowing what is going on
I would start with finding out if the machine is clean first, and then solve the license problem...

Follow this guide, and attach all logs....not copy and paste
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

Then Essexboy will have a look when he arrive here later today
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 07:11:52 PM
I hope i am doing the right thing by ataching the logfile here??? Or Please tell me where I can do it else.
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Asyn on February 15, 2012, 07:14:22 PM
I hope i am doing the right thing by ataching the logfile here???

Yes. :)
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 07:36:41 PM
YAY !  Here is the next one  :)
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Pondus on February 15, 2012, 07:39:39 PM
it is possible to attach more then one log file to the post    ;)

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Allowed file types: txt, jpg, gif, png, log
 Restrictions: 4 per post, maximum total size 192KB, maximum individual size 200KB

Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 07:47:25 PM
Eeh! How do I do that?   ???
 Now I dont dare to send the next one  :P
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Pondus on February 15, 2012, 07:55:24 PM
just under attach....it say "more attachments"

if unsure just continue as you did, it is not a problem.......it was just a suggestion to do it a bit easyer for you    ;)
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 08:04:16 PM
I´ll do my best :-) That should br it? 
OH and I dont know if I should use the last tool, because i dont have problems with the internet as such, but it tells me all the time i have a server that is...ok can I send you a screenshot of the box?

Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Asyn on February 15, 2012, 08:09:09 PM
can I send you a screenshot of the box?

Sure.
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 08:11:57 PM
Thanks :D
It pops up every time i start my email and want to get mails or send mails, but only once as i am forced to say yes, or else I cant get mails. AND I GET MANY MAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 08:45:41 PM
Maybe I should have told, that I use Windows Live Mail and Gmail and I use a server called   !123.com.. also for my homepage.
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 10:26:27 PM
And now I got one more complain from the computer after all these cleaning programs. I translated it to english.
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Pondus on February 15, 2012, 10:45:38 PM
you do know this is avast forum.......just asking since i see you are running AVG
did you try to install avast while running AVG ?

you also have software from IObit!....you may want to uninstall it after reading this

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29681
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=30989
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=33217
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 11:16:07 PM
 That is only until my BELOVED AVAST is running again and my license works too. you can be sure of that. It goes out as soon as I can get my avast running again. I payed for it so I am going to use it.  My license should have worked until september.  I just am so afraid of getting virus..... more than i already got .... :-\  Avast has been serving me beautifully for years without any troubles, so I wont drop it for anything.
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 11:22:59 PM
No,  I have uninstalled AVG, before i tried Avast for the 9th time and it was broken after a few days as usual... At very first i thought it was Avast that was the problem, as it all the time stopped working ot got uninstalled when my computer didnt want to start up and i couldnt make i work again. So i tried with AVG but it worked for 6 days and then it was uninstalled too. Then a friend suggested it was a trojan... I was almost happy, to know it wasnt my Avast.  It Was actually therefor i knew it wasnt avast, that cost the troubles. And it was only after the 8th time I tried AVG. But since i cannot make my Avast work yet, I use AVG. Isnt it fair enough?
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: essexboy on February 15, 2012, 11:25:10 PM
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AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o
IObit
McAfee, Inc
A touch more than avg

Download a fresh copy of Avast to your desktop
Download aswClear http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear.exe
Download the AVG removal tool http://www.avg.com/ww-en/utilities
Download McAfee removal tool http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe
Download IOBit removal tool http://download.cnet.com/IObit-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-75161625.html

Uninstall via control panel each of the above programmes
Then run each of the uninstall programmes including aswClear

Reinstall Avast

Let us know how that goes
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 15, 2012, 11:35:05 PM
Shall it be a free edition of Avast??   I cant pay for a pro already again?
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: essexboy on February 15, 2012, 11:37:39 PM
If you have already paid then when it is installed we will show you how to get your licence back

So initially get the free version
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 12:02:52 AM
How can I be sure it is all gone? I have tried to remove all on the list. I am about to download a new avast.
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 12:07:56 AM
I cant seem to get rid of AVG properly... I get this box that askes me alot of things.. i cant even take a screenshot of it. Something about user account control settings.... it makes me crazy!!!
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Pondus on February 16, 2012, 12:15:09 AM
is that before or after you run the AVG removal tool ?
have you run it ?
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 12:19:52 AM
Yes severel times and every time i try this freaking box pops up and asks me if i want to allow this program to change  and this time it gave me a new black box with alot of written stuff. but it did it before but still AVG is in there.
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 12:26:20 AM
OH!!! Now it seems to be gone :)  Had to restart  ::)      Sorry I am a bit..... ok very confused  :-[
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Pondus on February 16, 2012, 12:27:09 AM
did you restart

Hvad fanden laver du, mand?    ;D
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 12:33:36 AM
Jeg er sgudda ikke nogen MAND  ;D
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 12:35:40 AM
What about that Mcafee you wanted me to get rid of?  I tried 3 times  and it is still there AND I DID RESTART :)
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Pondus on February 16, 2012, 12:39:01 AM
did you try ad/remove programs first ?

vell det er senge tid her, jobb i morgen så logger ut     ;)

Essexboy is back tomrrow.....late UK time
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 12:49:19 AM
Ja, jeg er osse ved at skvatte omkuld   :-)   Men foreløbig 100000 tak for hjælpen :-)    HEHE jeg glemte at uninstalle den Den i kontrolpanelet først ...  :P
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 11:20:24 AM
I got a logfile after removing the AVG: 
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 11:42:00 AM
I am confused again... IObit, does it have anything with "Advanced System Care" to do?  Or can I safely keep my Advanced System Care, that i just bought?
But it seems I should remove all with the name IObit.... so why did I have to Download the IObit uninstaller? It didnt unsinstall the IObit, but it was a program to uninstall other programs. MAAAN!  I am confused..or stupid  :-[
It seems there is long way to go, before you get rid of me  :(

Is my logfiled saying, that I am clean from malware now, so I can install the Avast I just downloaded again.??
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 05:44:07 PM
Had to move AVG folders directly to recyclebin, as the programs didnt want to remove them The IObit too. I uninstalled the IOBIT ASC and couldnt get rid of the folders, so I didnit myself. Can I do more?
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 06:12:28 PM
Now Avast is back on thrack :) and this time it didnt demand the license key, but I want to use it now that I have payes for it, but how can I get it work?
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: essexboy on February 16, 2012, 08:57:28 PM
When you purchased it you should have got an e-mail with an attachment  avastlic 
Do you still have it ?
If not then go here http://www.avast.com/resend-license-paid.php  fill in the details and they will resend the licence
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 09:37:13 PM
Yes I have
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Pondus on February 16, 2012, 09:44:16 PM
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IObit, does it have anything with "Advanced System Care" to do?
   http://www.iobit.com/    you see the grey line at the top.....clik on products
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 09:49:16 PM
Yes, I see now and I have uninstalled it all and removed the folders
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 09:55:59 PM
I just got confused, when the list on uninstall programs i had to download also had an OIbit uninstaller. I thought it was for uninstalling OIbit products, but it was an uninstall program to ununstall all other programs.  ???
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Pondus on February 16, 2012, 10:13:44 PM
yea...he probably gave you the wrong one

Nr #17 here    http://singularlabs.com/uninstallers/security-software/
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: essexboy on February 16, 2012, 10:23:22 PM
Ooops me numpty

If you have the avastlic file then just double click it to install
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 10:38:34 PM
I think I got rid of everything now.
I installed the new downloaded free Avast. I just need to have the licence file to work. It doesnt work. Nothing happens when i double click on it and press OPEN. It just disappears again, but my avast is still the free edition.
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: essexboy on February 16, 2012, 10:40:25 PM
Is it still in the e-mail ?

If so right click the attachment and select save
Save it to the desktop and double click it from there
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 10:50:44 PM
Yes,  it is still in the email and I just copied it into the desktop and double clicced .... nothing happened  :(
I attach the email line with the date on it, so you can see it is ok.
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: essexboy on February 16, 2012, 11:43:11 PM
OK go to the registration part of Avast and click I have a key then browse to avastlic on the desktop
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 16, 2012, 11:58:15 PM
YAY ;D  THAT worked  :D I am now back on track and I am very happy :-D  THank you SO much. :D

I suppose the last problem I have, I maybe cannot get solved in here?  About the Popup?
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: essexboy on February 17, 2012, 08:53:01 PM
What popup ?
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: Helank on February 18, 2012, 05:59:51 PM
I finnelly got my pop up problem solved too. There was a check too many in the tab "Advanced" in the settings of my email. SO now I am fully back to normal. Once again I thank you all your great help. :-)

OH, I see I got an answer where you asked "What pop up". Sorry i didnt see that. In the beginning I sent in an attachment of the Pop up message. But now it seems to be solved.  :D
Title: Re: My licence file wont work anymore.
Post by: essexboy on February 18, 2012, 06:07:07 PM
Oops missed that one...

Glad all is well now  ;D