A Little Help Needed

[Groundskeeper]

Howdy Folks,

I'm an Aussie new to the forum so Hi. Now that the formalities are out of the way I have a little problem.

I have been using Avast home edition for 12 months now on my laptop and recently a windows security centre pop up stated that my virus protection could be expired or out of date so I did an update and it's still showing the red icon shield. SO, I then uninstalled and reinstalled Avast home edition, which I probably didn't have to do, and before I knew it, bingo bongo, there's the alert again.

The message reads: Avast! antivirus 4.8.1335 [VPS 090330-0] might be out of date. Click this balloon to fix the problem.

ALSO, a few websites I am visiting such as google gmail are coming up as having expired site certificates, which shows a freaky pink texture and it tells me I should shut down the page. So I'm thinking my lappy is a little unwell perhaps or I there a trick to it all?

Can someone please pass on any advice as to what I should do?

Thanks a million in advance.

GK 

[Alan Baxter]

Welcome to the forum, Groundskeeper.  Check your computer system clock.

[Tarq57]

Hi Groundskeeper,
If the clock isn't the problem you must be getting close to the re-registration period. Had any messages inviting you to register Avast?
Have a look from the system try under "about avast" and report when the registration is good for.

[Groundskeeper]

Thanks for the reply guys. Well my clock was out and I changed it and I also have the latest Avast home edition with the product key and all. It expires 2010.

I'm still getting the pop alert from windows security centre. I'm baffled.

(Insert Twilight Zone music).....

Anymore for anymore? Going once...Going twice....

GK 

[rdmaloyjr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y

 

[Tarq57]

If the database is now up to date, and Avast thinks it's up to date, the security centre has got itself a but bewildered, the poor dear.The procedure is slightly different for XP and Vista.
Here's the one for XP. (Vista isn't' too different, but I wouldn't know. I've never used the danged thing, and never will, either.)

1. Go to control panel and open Administrative tools.
2. Click on services.
3. Go down to Windows Management Instrumentation.
4. Stop this service. Stop Security Center service too.
Set them to Automatically start.
5. Exit out of this area, to your desktop.
6. Right click Start, and choose Explore.
7. Go to c:\windows\system32\wbem\repository.
Delete this subdirectory ONLY.
Leave the others there.
8. Exit back to your desktop and reboot your computer (you might need to boot twice).

This will rebuild the deleted folder, and the database.
Once restarted, Windows Security Center should show the correct info.
Antivirus, and firewall, should now be recognized.

[Groundskeeper]

Thanks Tarq57, it's all fixed now. 

AND a big thankyou to rdmaloyjr for the scary music. I played it whilst following Tarq57's instructions. FREEEAKY...!!!!!

Thanks again. 

GK