Recent Failure

[Theo]

I installed Avast Home Edition in my Windows XP machine back near the end of November.  Everything seemed to run fine until just a few days ago, when I started getting messages on system boot that my antiviral might be out of date.  When I checked yesterday I found that the virus definition file was several days old so I updated it manually, and upon closer inspection today I noticed that the "i" ball was missing from the system tray and the "a" ball was no longer rotating.  I have done the definition file update manually for the last couple of days, and the Avast web site seems to think that I have the latest version of Avast Home 4.8, but I can't help the feeling that something is broken, even if Avast doesn't seem to find anything.  Please Verify?

     -Theo-

[DavidR]

Ensure your system date is correct (double click on the clock) check the day monte and year and adjust as required. the VPS being  a few days out of date shouldn't trigger that (greater than 7 days yes).

Try a repair of avast. Add Remove programs, select 'avast! Anti-Virus,' click the Change/Remove button and scroll down to Repair, click next and follow.

Did you merge the two avast icons into one, that is an option ?

The 'a' icon should rotate when scanning unless you have disabled the animation in the Program Settings, Appearance section. Is there a Red circle with a bar over the 'a' icon ?

[Lisandro]

Did you have another antivirus before avast in this computer?
Which is your firewall?