I've recently installed Avast Home build 4.8.1169. It installed without a problem and seems to run fine with one exception: the Avast icon on the desktop which links to Ashavast.exe CANNOT be run as a local user. So I can't access the program interface, although I can access everything else via the system tray.
If the desktop icon is clicked on multiple times, it will open multiple processes of Ashavast.exe in task manager. When I had three open, the CPU was at 100% without any apparent activity, other than this process being stalled.
As Ashavast.exe can be run as the administrator or via the "Run As" command, it appears to be an issue with permissions and not with the application itself. Just in case, I tried the Repair option in Add/Remove, but that made no difference. So while I can right click and scan a file by the context menu, I can't schedule a scan without administrator permission?
Is this by design, a bug, a permission problem caused by using an optional skin, or something else?