When I turned off my computer yesterday (Toshiba Laptop) windows 10 did automatic updates. Later I noticed there was an "X" on the Avast icon (free version), I clicked it and it says I am now unprotected. Honestly, I don't know if the x was there prior to the updates or not but I don't think so. If I click start now, it works for a few second, quits working but does not start. If I click "resolve all" it works for quite a while but does not start or fix anything. After reading many posts on this forum I tried the following; Via services I made sure Avast is set to start automatically (it was). Via programs I ran repair. It worked for quite a while and said software was repaired but still could not start. I rebooted and it did not start nor can I start it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!