Hello,
I've used avast for years and have never had a single problem, until a few days ago..
I booted up my pc like always, but this time noticed the red 'x' over avast in the system tray. I checked to see the problem and it said the avast service is off. So I tried to start it, no luck. Asks for admin permission, but that's it.
So I googled and followed a few fixes posted here. Uninstalled avast around 5 times, with clean install. Used a fresh installation, nothing fixes it. I even attempted to use an older version as someone said worked for them to no avail.
One thing I did notice is when I attempted to uninstall via the Control Panel, once it reached the end and tried to launch VisthAux.exe, it would just hang in that state forever. This would make me restart the computer and use the avast clean tool.
Is there any way to fix this? As of right now I have uninstalled avast.
Thanks so much, I just really would like to get this wonderful program working again!
I am running windows 7 home edition with service patch 1, btw.