Avast wont start up properly

[spottydog]

Thanks guys, I have now sent an E-mail to support@kaspersky. I am hoping they can help. If they do I shall post the answer here.
Once again thanks for all the help and advice.
Tony

[spottydog]

Hi everyone, I seem to have solved the problem. Kaspersky didn't deem fit to answer my query so I looked at everything once again. I used a process viewer and checked out the dll's. I found in c:windows\system32\drivers a KLIF.Sys file from Kaspersky. I deleted it and re-booted. Bingo everything works.
Thanks once again to one and all for all your time and trouble. It was really appreciated. I am looking forward to using Avast now to its fullest extent.

[Lisandro]

It's always good to see an user solved his/her problem.
I'll link this thread, in the future, if anybody asked about Kaspersky uninstallation 

[Comp_dad]

Hi everyone, I seem to have solved the problem. Kaspersky didn't deem fit to answer my query so I looked at everything once again. I used a process viewer and checked out the dll's. I found in c:windows\system32\drivers a KLIF.Sys file from Kaspersky. I deleted it and re-booted. Bingo everything works.
Thanks once again to one and all for all your time and trouble. It was really appreciated. I am looking forward to using Avast now to its fullest extent.

Tried you suggestion and it Works, many thanks.

AM

[DavidR]

More on Kaspersky remnants.

Run this utility to remove all traces of Kaspersky from the registry:
http://www.ice-kav.com/downloads/util/KAV_Registry_Clean.zip
ICE is a US distributor for Kaspersky.

[vmsa]

Thanks, it worked for me too !!!!

[DavidR]

No problem, you have found the very useful forum search function (since this topic is relatively old, but still works), which is very handy as there is a wealth of information in the forums.

Welcome to the forums.

[penalozae]

I am having similar problems when I start up my PC; I am getting an error stating that the file ashdisp.exe is not found.  Anyway, I just want to use Avast properly since it is one of the most popular antivirus software in the market.  I tried uninstalling Avast but it will not remove the program; I am getting a little frustrated!!! Good Luck!!

[DavidR]

This 'old' topic is also related to having previously had Kaspersky installed so unless this exactly mirrors your problem I would suggest you start a 'new topic' of your own and answer these questions.

What is your OS ?
What version of avast do you have, the latest is 4.8.1201 ?

Have (or did) you another AV installed in this system, if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ?
What other security based software do you have that might block new startup entries, e.g. Spybot S&D (TeaTimer), AdAware (AdWatch), SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor (StartUpGuard or OnGuard), PrevX, WinPatrol, ProcessGuard, etc. ?