Hi,
i have the latest avast free on my xp sp3 32bit laptop. it was working fine for at least a month until microsoft's last update release. since then, when i start, i no longer see the avast icon in system tray but avastsvc is running. Also, shutdown takes considerably longer than it used to.
i tried a repair install. the repair completed ok but the problem remains.
i tried a complete uninstall/re-install but the problem remains.
a full scan with malwarebytes free shows 0 malicious items.
No other anitvirus software installed.
any ideas how to fix this?
thx