rany,
I will do my best to answer your questions.
I loaded Avast ......and then immediately uninstalled it, and that is when my computer got veeery sloow.
Um....How did you uninstall Avast? Did you have any other Antivirus software on your computer before Avast?
What is your OS? Sometimes, if an installation is not successful, a computer might run slow until Avast is repaired, but you said you uninstalled it THEN it ran slow.
Right?
I can only get onto the internet after about five minutes of waiting
Do you use Dialup or DSL?
I have 42 programs running in Windows Manager, can I delete those exes in the process tab?
You can delete any program which you do not want to start with windows. It is hard for me to tell you which ones to take out without the list.
is that normal 
Normal for who? Each user's computer is different, and each user's needs also. I presently have 30 in process.
And is there any way of solving this problem? I have missed yesterdays work, am missing work right now, and will probably miss work tomorrow.
Hope your independently wealthy.
I don't know what all this has to do with you and work
I liked the virus scanner feature, and would probably use that instead of doing the full download of Avast 4.Home
I would not recommend that you try to run one without the other. The virus scanner is a valuable tool and works in conjuction with the resident and email scanners. You can tailor Avast to run what you want, but I highly recommend that you keep the email scanner, standard shield, internet module and virus scanner.
You can take out one or two of the scanner modules to speed it up a bit and release some memory, but you should keep the others.
I don't think I will try that again, until I am more familiar with these types of programs, it just seemed to have an overwhelming amoutnt of features, and would require some more time to learn.
Really, Avast is not difficult to learn at all. Once it is set up, it does pretty much what it needs to do without you. It can update the database and program automatically, move infected files to a safe area for examination or deletion, and will scan your email for viruses by itself. Nice huh!
WE are here to help you get it up and running.
If you need more information, go to the Alwil site at
www.avast.com and read up on Avast. Avast also has a great Help file once installed to carry you along.
Good luck.
