I recently installed the latest Avast anti virus version.
When my computer boots up, ashmaisv.exe and ashwebsv.exe automatically start running as usual.
But after a few seconds, a NOT RESPONDING appears next to ashwebsv.exe but not ashmaisv.exe if I press on CTR - ALT - DEL. I discovered this quite by chance.
But very oddly, Avast seem to run quite well ie. it informs me that it has downloaded the latest virus update and that Web shield and Standard shield are running. (I have terminated the other providers because they are inappropriate for my use.)
I even tested the Web Shield by visiting the Eicar text file page and lo and behold, it shows that a virus has been detected.
I have Windows 98 but regardless of this, if Windows says that ashwebsv.exe is not responding, it should not work at all. For in the past 10 years, every time I have seen a listed program as not responding, it truly did not respond when I tried to run it or even close it.
But ashwebsv.exe is functioning perfectly.
May someone enlighten me as to what is going on please ?