Avast is behaving oddly. I can tell it to run a scan, but if I do it locks up the computer from doing anything else and the Avast scan cannot be paused or stopped. If I click on either of those commands Avast locks up. If I let the scan run to conclusion it still locks up and does not let me see the details of the scan. I can't even open the task manager or get the computer to restart without manually turning it off and on. I haven't installed any new software on the computer, since it started doing this, so I'm not sure of the cause. I think that the best first step would be to uninstall and reinstall Avast.
I remember years ago when I had to do this, someone pointed me to a program that would clear Avast better than Windows uninstall programs feature. Could someone point me to that program? Does anyone have any other recommendations for something that I should try or is an uninstall/reinstall the best idea for a first check?
