I am trying to fix this problem in my daughter's computer. As stated above, after logging in, it takes about 1 minute and 10 secs for avast icon to starts turning. During this time, all applications are operable but I just can't access internet. Once the avast icon is turning, everything works just fine. I have run hijackthis, startupList, spybot_Search & Destroy, scan for virus, clean up Window Local Temp Dir, and did not see any problem. The computer is a P4, WinXP SP2 with 1GB of DRAM, on USB wireless. It is fixed port so ip address should not be a problem and I have checked that to make sure ip address is valid in the network. All other computers at home have no such problem ie. avast coming up within 15 secs but THIS ONE takes more than one minute to do so. I have uninstalled avast and indeed, internet access is quick right after logging in but reinstall avast will reinstall problem. Any suggestion to figure out what cause it?