No Icon = No Protection?

[RejZoR]

Mail scanner and Web Shield are optional,others are not.
But it's very strange. If processes are running,including ashDisp.exe you should get warning. ashDisp.exe is a visualizations module that shows all warning messages,tray icons and so on.

[Tori]

Not quite sure how I attach a picture (what to put inside the tags), but it says that the following are all running:
avast! IAVS4 Control Service
avast! Antivirus
avast! Mail scanner
avast! Web scanner

[RejZoR]

Open you avast! installation folder (usually C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4)
and run ashLogV.exe

Select "Error" subsection on the left,right-click on the field on the right and select "Export current list"
Repeat this process for "Warning" subsection.

Attach both files here or just copy&paste its content here.

[Lisandro]

Not quite sure how I attach a picture (what to put inside the tags)

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=8982.0 

[Tori]

Note that ashdisp is NOT one of the running processes. Should it be? Is that the issue? Here are the logs...

[Lisandro]

Note that ashdisp is NOT one of the running processes.

ashdisp.exe is the 'icon' on the system tray...
Using AEC (click 'Control' in my signature) you can bring it back 

[Tori]

I must be dense, coz I can't see where in AEC to bring it back

[Lisandro]

I must be dense, coz I can't see where in AEC to bring it back

Run it, choose avast Tweaker, and the first option there 'Show tray icon'...
In fact there were a second possibility in the past that was 'Restart avast! protection' but new version of AEC does not support it anymore.

[Tori]

Ah, you've sent me there before, and nothing has changed! That option is ticked; in fact only the two 'suppress' and the 'web shield' options aren't ticked. I seem to be going around in circles here! Did the error / warning logs contain no clues to you more informed people?

[anbu]

create a shortcut of ashdisp.exe found in C:\program files\alwil software\avast4\
place it in startup folder in start menu and reboot .

[Tori]

Excellent! Perhaps that was all it needed - DOH! Thank you very much everyone for your assistance!

[RejZoR]

You apperantly erased startup entry of avast!. At least thats what i can assume from Warning log (some serious infestation you had).

[Lisandro]

You apperantly erased startup entry of avast!. At least thats what i can assume from Warning log (some serious infestation you had).

RejZor, this will be a pity... The old versions of AEC could 'bring the icon' back and this can't.
Maybe you (and I) could reconsider the opinion on removing this feature from AEC. 

[DavidR]

Are you by any chance using spysweeper?
If so, use the restore/recover or whatever it may be called to restore the deleted registry entry and update your definitions file for spysweeper.

There have been numerous occasions that it has reported incorrectly (false positive) the avast ashDisp.exe which is the icon you see on your system tray.