a icon disappeared

[Reliz]

Is anyone there who can help me understand why my Avast icon disappeared from my tray?  I checked my WinXP msconfig, startup and don't see it there either.  When I start up the Program List is appears there but only the config part... I am worried about whether I have protection.  Should I uninstall and re-stall?

Reliz

[Octávio Brazilian]

Try repair

Control Panel> Add/Remove > Remove > In Poup Up menu, select "Repair", reboot.

[DavidR]

What shows in Task Manager (Crtl + Alt + Del ), there should be 4 processes, 3 start with ash..... and one asw..... if there aren't 4.

I would suggest that you try a repair of avast. Add Remove programs, avast! Anti-Virus, Change/Remove button and scroll down to Repair, click next and follow. You need to be on-line to do this.

If that doesn't work uninstall, boot, install, boot.

[Reliz]

Thanks.  Will try that right now.

[Octávio Brazilian]

to install, disable "Tea timer" or other registry protector.