Just to let you know that Avast .1296 seems to work flawlessly, however Windows 7 does not recognize that it is up-to-date after an udpate but see below....
FIXED: Somehow after another reboot, the system now considers that Avast IS updated properly. (don't ask.. Win7 *is* beta after all lol)
sorry for the misinformation.
_Rej_