I'm running a laptop with Windows 7 64x which is less than 6 months old. My free trial of TrendMicro Titanium anti-virus expires in a week or so, and a tech-savvy friend of mine suggested I download the free version of Avast! to replace it. I did, but as soon as I installed it, I started having problems logging onto my user account. Boot up would proceed normally, but when I would attempt to log on to my administrator user account, the "Welcome" screen would hold for 45min+. I attempted to ctrl+alt+del, but the Task Manager froze up as well, until a hard restart was my only option to do anything. From there I started Windows in Safe Mode and did a System Restore to the point just prior to Avast! installation. Problem solved. I attempted to re-download and install Avast! again, and the same problem persists - another freeze-up, another hard-reset and another system restore. Am I missing something?
