Avast 4.8 Home
WinXP SP3
Online Armor Firewall
Spybot S&D
I posted this problem last summer, resolved it through help I received on this forum, but it is now back.
Problem:
Computer won't restart after updating the Avast Program files.
-- The upgrade appears to proceed normally and no error messages are displayed.
-- On reboot attempts there is no error message or blue screen displayed, it just hangs -- my desktop background appears but no start menu, taskbar or screen icons.
In the Past:
It appeared there was a problem between AVAST! and Online Armor and I found two workarounds -- either:
-- Place Online Armor in Learning mode during the reinstall, or
-- Uninstall AVAST! in safe mode and do a clean reinstall of AVAST!
Now:
Neither workaround helps -- there is no restart at all when AVAST! and Online Armor are both installed. I have had to uninstall Online Armor completely and am now running Windows XP's firewall
Any suggestions appreciated, including suggestions for an alternative firewall.
TIA,
Mike C