I have been running Avast free version for ~ 8 years mostly on XP platforms. After the last update it will no longer load and run.
I check task manager - no sign of avast.
I tried repairing it uninstalling it (both windows & Avast uninstallers) deleting it reinstalling it online and from standalone but it refuses to run/install properly.
So I decided to finally go to the opposition and downloaded AVG. As soon as it started to install I had to check that I had not mistakenly reloaded avast - sure enough it is almost identical now (apparently Avast recently acquired AVG). And no surprise it wont work either.
The only hint that all is not well is that when the installing progress line gets to ~ 95% a message pops up saying microsoft could not locate the bluetooth installer?
I dont have any bluetooth hardware installed - both AVG and Avast trigger this message.
I tried AvastRescue but there were an endless list of missing DLL's. I located & replaced all the missing ones but then it vomited a message about I think commui.dll with a load of characters that made no sense so I give up.
Am I alone here or is anyone else experiencing similar issues with XP ?? AVG/Avast