I decided to start a separate topic about my problem with Avast GUI in Vista.
To set the scene, I have: Windows Vista Home Basic SP2 Russian; Avast Free 7.0.1407; SpywareTerminator 2012 v.3.0.0.61, SpywareBlaster 4.6; RUBotted 2.0.0.1030; Windows 7 Firewall Control 5.0 Beta (then - 4.1).
I installed Avast 7 after complete uninstallation of Avast 6. After installation Avast 7 worked just fine but I couldn't register it on-line and I didn't see usual promo-adds on the main tab and on the Support tab. I reinstalled Avast again - still no on-line services. Then I uninstalled both Avast 7 and Windows 7 Firewall Control 5.0 Beta, and after that I reinstalled Avast 7 - the services became available. Then I installed Windows 7 Firewall Control 4.1 and the services were still available. But as soon as I rebooted my computer, the services and adds disappeared from the Avast GUI.
I completely removed Windows 7 Firewall Control and reinstalled Avast 7 - everything was fine till the next reboot. The services and adds disappeared again. I opened my Control Panel and directly allowed Avast in Windows Brandmauer but the services and adds are still invisible.
I would like to hear any advice but I hope somebody from Avast developers will answer here.