Hi, I have the same problem. It happened after a virus attack. Since then, whenever I started my computer, the resident protection failed to start up and a message appear on the screen saying the license key is not entered. Im using Window Vista, windows firewall with windows defender. At the same time I have spybot, malwarebytes anti-malware, and spyware blaster. I have been using them together with avast for few months and they all working smooth until now. So help me please. I have uninstall and install avast both in normal and safe mode. What can I do next?