I'm running this (Build 17.9.3761.278) paid-for Internet Security version non W7 Ultimate, and suddenly Avast has started falling over frequently. One moment the error is "The Avast Service is not responding", and the next it's the "UI failed to load" falling over problem.
I've done this:-
1) repaired it via Programs (twice)
2) made sure that the Remote Desktop Service is automatic and running
3) removed the whole of Avast per the instructions contained in "Troubleshooting when Avast Antivirus components no longer work properly"
4) restarted umpteen times
Yet this continues to happen.
ALSO, I have another laptop in the house, running the same paid for Internet Security version, and which, like my machine, has not had any problems before. Yet this other machine is showing exactly the same errors. Apart from being connected via the same router wirelessly, these machines have nothing else in common bar this failing version of Avast.
In other words, Avast has gone from being a reliable product to a real PITA, which I've paid good money for. What's going on?
The system Error Log is full of Service Control errors for Avast, and I haven't installed any new programs, either.