There is a similar thread for Win98, which I reviewed, but it seems appropriate to start again.
I recently installed avast home on PIII with 256MB RAM, Win-ME, DSL connection, OE6, IE6, everything fully patched, spywareguard, sygate personal firewall, and some other misc. security programs e.g. winpatrol, spyware blaster etc.
The computer seems to be fine while I am working, but if I leave it even for a few minutes it freezes and the only way out is to press the reset button.
I tried removing the tray icon (mentioned in a similar thread on Win98), bur that didn't help either.
I rather like the program and am willing to have a little (but not a lot of) patience to solve the problem, but if not then with regret I will have to switch to another program.
Previously I had Norton which I uninstalled cleanly followed by a comprehensive registry cleaning with a registry tool.
Many thanks for any suggestions.