Avast vs. Windows Defender

[mozettastone]

So, I recently bought Avast! Internet Security and everything was fine and dandy, but I've been experiencing an issue that also popped up on an old computer of mine a few years ago. This icon keeps popping up telling me that avast is not turned on and that I need to turn it on, or another antivirus, or windows defender. Is this just a glitch or what? I keep pressing the button to turn on avast, and every time I look at avast it looks like it is running well. I don't know what to do, and I don't want my new computer to get a virus!

[delph1]

Hi, I have the same problem, is there any solution to this?
Regards

[Asyn]

- Which avast!..?? (Free/Pro/IS/Premier)
- Which version..??
- OS..?? (32/64 Bit..? - which SP..?)
- Other security related software installed..??
- Which AV(s) did you use before avast!..??

[snowflake1]

So, I recently bought Avast! Internet Security and everything was fine and dandy, but I've been experiencing an issue that also popped up on an old computer of mine a few years ago. This icon keeps popping up telling me that avast is not turned on

 

Have you checked in your Add/Remove programs that Avast is actually installed ; I had an experiece like ths some while ago on my XP machine to discover that, somehow, my Avast program had been uninstalled !!