The typical scenario: It’s early morning and I get to the office, light up my PC, log on to Windows Vista and there there. The Avast icon has a little red no-entry icon on it.
This case happens more often than it should. Thanks to this (annoying) frequency, I managed to fix the problem. If you’re lucky, you’ll only have to restart the Avast Antivirus service by following the steps below.
Start > Computer (right click) > Manage > Services and Applications > Services > avast! Antivirus (right click) > Restart
But if that does not fix anything, you’ll have to do 2 things:
1. Repair your Avast Antivirus installation. Steps below.
Control Panel > Uninstall or Change a Program > Avast Installation > Repair
2. Restart your Avast Antivirus service by following the steps above.
That’s about it. This should do the trick for minor Avast problems.
February 15, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Thank’s a lot… Under the “uninstall” option in the Add/remove folder there was an “update” button… and now it’s working fine … Thank’s again
February 16, 2010 at 1:29 am
Glad to know it worked for you Tomy.
May 21, 2010 at 4:23 pm
thanks, you solve my problem
May 27, 2010 at 10:25 am
Yeah so I tried the first part but it doesn’t look like it worked at all. Then I tried the second portion but I could not repair it. Any suggestions?
Thanks
January 21, 2011 at 8:33 am
Thanks for this tip! Couldn’t start with avast icons/program, so I did the services trick and it worked.
September 11, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Hello, thank you it worked, I went on add or remove programs in control panel and clicked on avast, then uninstall/change and clicked on update.
Thank You
October 28, 2011 at 2:34 pm
Hello…yesterday my computer crashed and unfortunatly my newly perchased Avast antivirus was no longer there…..Could you help????? the date of perchase was 1st October,2011. Waiting for your help.Thanks
January 26, 2012 at 9:43 am
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November 22, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Thanks,
Using the change/uninstall worked, I guess I had a older version and it changed to 6.0
I tried everything before I found your site.
Thanks again
December 27, 2011 at 9:00 pm
The same process i applied but my avast is not working Sir