Avast No Protection after Repair

[nalo89]

I started a new topic earlier today and cannot find it anywhere so here it is again. During startup today I was given the choice of Start Normally or Repair. I chose Repair and then Restore. During the resulting startup the taskbar displayed a red crossed Avast icon warning of no protection which then changed to the normal icon displaying protection on ok. As a result I found an Avast shortcut icon on the Desktop and a new entry in the Restore Point List with the following " Avast! antivirus system restore point 27/01/2015 12.02.50 pm  Settings Modified." It has happened before but not every time. Is there something amiss?. Thanks

[Eddy]

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=491990

[nalo89]

Thanks Eddy. My first post did not show up in the list. I did not press alt+s then but clicked on the post button. Must have been a glitch.

[Eddy]

Let's see if I understand it correctly.
You can boot your system in a normal way, but avast isn't working?
If so, perform a repair of avast and see if that solves the problem.
If it doesn't perform a clean installation of avast.
If you have to do a clean installation, don't forget to use the uninstall tool after removing avast from control panel.

[nalo89]

Hello Eddy, No, it is only when I do a Repair that sometimes Avast stops offering protection during the bootup but then changes to "You are protected". The result of this changing is that I find a new Avast run exe shortcut on the Desktop and a new restore point is automatically made saying "Avast! antivirus system restore point  (date+time) Settings Modified". In normal startup Avast works as normal.

[Eddy]

Well, Windows repair isn't exactly taking installed applications into consideration.
Besides that avast has a selfdefence.
I would say perform a clean installation of avast.

If you already have to repair Windows multiple times, it is time to check hardware.
If there is no faulting hardware it is time for a fresh installation of Windows.