As Tech said you can change the settings not to monitor that, avast is still one of the most configurable AVs. But it really would be best to resolve the problem rather treat the symptom.
You haven't confirmed that you did do a clean reinstall exactly as per Tech's instructions in Reply #3 of this topic. If not that really should be your first step.
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David,
I really like Avast and have recommended it highly and yes it is configurable,but why can't they just allow the manual update as they used to without the logo caution and all of the hassle ?I still have a few problems and one is Avast still trying to update virus definitions immediately upon start even though I have checked the option to load Avast after other services!
Also,I did confirm that I had to do about 3 or 4 total reinstalls in my reply to Major Chaos who was also having problems!
There have been numerous problems ever since the big program update a couple of weeks ago,I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled a few new versions and things now are still bad or worse with 5.1.889.Presently it is not only the start up problem but now I am getting random crashes when just surfing ,mostly when using Firefox and watching videos or posting on message boards!
**I did not have these problems before all of the recent program updates!
Thanks for the help and patience, just trying to get this worked out,especially since I have recommended or put Avast on so many other peoples computers!
Steven