Win7 's interpretation is a bit messy actually: action center tells me avast is recognized, while a health report tells me the contrary; main thing is I now avast is up and running, the rest I don't really care, as Windows AV recognition doesn't make the AV better, or more active than it actually is
It's only useful when malware attempts and succeeds in deactivating the AV, then you got an instant message telling you...but there are, apart from the self-defense module in V5, other anti-termination means >>>>> HIPS