Is Avast on? where's the icon

[shavit28]

I just installed Avast home. It seems to be workig - ashDisp.exe, asSimpl.exe (7 of them!) are running. but the Widows security alerts says Avast is turned off, and the icon of the blue ball is absent. What to do?

Thanks

[.: L' arc :.]

 Hi shavit28. Welcome to the forums.

 You may try reinstalling again and see if it works. Moreover, do you have any previous antivirus(es) before avast?

[DavidR]

The ashSimpl.exe should be running unless you rhave opened the Simple User Interface to do an on-demand scan.

avast! icon missing - As a temporary measure until this is resolved you can create a desktop shortcut for this file C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashDisp.exe (the avast icon and interface to the providers).  Right click on the file and select Send To, Desktop (create shortcut). You will need to run this after each boot until the problem is resolved.

What other security based software do you have that might block new startup entries, e.g. Spybot S&D (TeaTimer), AdAware (AdWatch), SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor (StartUpGuard or OnGuard), PrevX, WinPatrol, ProcessGuard, etc. ?

Check the option in the Appearance tab of Program Settings. Or Make a link to ashdisp.exe in your startup folder. I wouldn't try this as a first option (but a final one) as you won't be able to find the true cause of the problem.

The WSC can be flaky at times:
What is your OS ?