My laptop is Dell 7348 i7 5500u 500gb Signature Version so their is no bloatware with it and enough specs to run the latest Avast
After a cancellation while installing avast Internet Security on Windows 10 RTM Pro build 10240, now I can't reinstall any of Avast products
- Reinstalled a clean Windows 10 Pro (old ISO). 10240, downloaded a new W10P ISO and reinstalled 5 more times.
- Open the files with admin privilege/ placed them on desktop screen/ logged in with admin account/ tested for hd bad sectors, blah...
- I tried with Avast Free/Pro/ Internet Sec/ Premier (offline installers)
- Scanned system with Anti-spyware apps.....
- Removed everything except Windows
- Removed old installations with Avast clear tool even when I didn't install anything on it after clean Windows installation
- Reinstalled and deleted the recovery partition, all partitions / re-create all partitions ..... ........... Tired
and the problem persists :
The installer is unable to initialize early Avast self-defense with error 0x00000241! Aborting !
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Then I try to install Avast with online installers (Free/Pro/IS/Pre).
the installations went fine, then
Welcome to Avast : Red screen saying background service: kinda not running,
Clicked on the button next to it to start but still no luck.
I'm not the fan of other antivirus apps, don't suggest me one another
Please tell me what the heck is going on with it, do i need to return the computer or change its hard drive or what should i do ?
my work requires surfing the internet hours a day, it's quite easy to be infected by viruses.
Thank you !