Since switching from Avast 7 Free to Avast 8 Free I'm getting event log errors related to aswTdi.sys. I also have several other event log errors I have never seen on this PC before. These other errors have no direct correlation to Avast but they do not happen with Avast 8 Free is not installed. Originally I upgraded from 7 to 8. Once I found the aswTdi.sys errors I uninstalled Avast though Programs and Features then rebooted. Then booted to safe mode and ran aswclear for Avast 8 rebooted again into safe mode and ran aswclear for Avast 7. After several normal boots no aswTdi.sys errors were logged in the event logs so I did a clean install of 8.0.1482 Free followed by a reboot. The same aswTdi.sys errors are back. As a test I installed Avast 8 Free on my HTPC also running W8 64bit and get the same error in the event logs. Is anyone else seeing this error? Both PC's seem to run fine but I hate event log errors.
aswTdi.sys error log
Log Name: System
Source: AFD
Date: 3/4/2013 7:08:44 AM
Event ID: 16001
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: SMOKE
Description:
The description for Event ID 16001 from source AFD cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
\Device\Afd
\Driver\aswTdi
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="AFD" />
<EventID Qualifiers="32768">16001</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-03-04T13:08:44.759526700Z" />
<EventRecordID>164050</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>SMOKE</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\Afd</Data>
<Data>\Driver\aswTdi</Data>
<Binary>000000000200300000000000813E0080000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
Other errors in the event logs that do not exist without Avast 8 Free installed
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-General
Date: 3/4/2013 7:08:39 AM
Event ID: 6
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: SMOKE
Description:
An I/O operation initiated by the Registry failed unrecoverably.The Registry could not flush hive (file): ''.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-General" Guid="{A68CA8B7-004F-D7B6-A698-07E2DE0F1F5D}" />
<EventID>6</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-03-04T13:08:39.673880000Z" />
<EventRecordID>164037</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>SMOKE</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="FinalStatus">0xc000014d</Data>
<Data Name="ExtraStringLength">0</Data>
<Data Name="ExtraString">
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
and
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-EventTracing/Admin
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-EventTracing
Date: 3/3/2013 9:22:23 PM
Event ID: 2
Task Category: Session
Level: Error
Keywords: Session
User: SYSTEM
Computer: SMOKE
Description:
Session "" failed to start with the following error: 0xC000000D
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-EventTracing" Guid="{B675EC37-BDB6-4648-BC92-F3FDC74D3CA2}" />
<EventID>2</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>2</Task>
<Opcode>12</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000010</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-03-04T03:22:23.264362900Z" />
<EventRecordID>14</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="356" ThreadID="4648" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-EventTracing/Admin</Channel>
<Computer>SMOKE</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SessionName">
</Data>
<Data Name="FileName">
</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorCode">3221225485</Data>
<Data Name="LoggingMode">276824069</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
My system specs are in my sig
Thanks
Bill