Hi Ady4um, thank you for your quick reply. I updated the setting to only load after other services, and restarted- still had the red x over the icon. I went to “control panel”, “programs and features”, clicked “avast internet security”, selected “repair”, and got a red dialog box saying “Error processing packages. Please use full update.” I clicked the button to “view log” and this is what it displays:

15.11.2011 09:39:46 general: Started: 15.11.2011, 09:39:46
15.11.2011 09:39:46 general: Running setup_ais-509 (1289)
15.11.2011 09:39:46 system: Operating system: Windows 7 ver 6.1, build 7601, sp 1.0 [Service Pack 1] x64
15.11.2011 09:39:46 system: Memory: 25% load. Phys:4194303/4194303K free, Page:4194303/4194303K free, Virt:2025360/2097024K free
15.11.2011 09:39:46 system: Computer WinName: ELJUJU-PC
15.11.2011 09:39:46 system: Windows Net User: ElJuju-PC\El Juju
15.11.2011 09:39:46 general: Cmdline: /uninstwiz
15.11.2011 09:39:46 general: Old version: 509 (1289)
15.11.2011 09:39:46 registry: Deleted registry: Software\AVAST Software\Avast\UpdateReady
15.11.2011 09:39:46 system: Using temp: C:\Users\ELJUJU~1\AppData\Local\Temp_asw_aisI.tm~a04732 (373748M free)
15.11.2011 09:39:46 general: SGW32AIS::CheckIfInstalled set m_bAlreadyInstalled to 1
15.11.2011 09:39:46 general: DldSrc set to inet
15.11.2011 09:39:46 internet: SYNCER: Agent=Syncer/5.00 (ais-1289;p)
15.11.2011 09:39:46 system: Computer DnsName: ElJuju-PC
15.11.2011 09:39:46 system: Computer Ip Addr: 192.168.1.4
15.11.2011 09:39:46 system: Installed in: C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast (373748M free)
15.11.2011 09:39:46 internet: SYNCER: Type: no proxy
15.11.2011 09:39:46 internet: SYNCER: Auth: no authentication
15.11.2011 09:39:46 package: Part prg_ais-509 is installed
15.11.2011 09:39:46 package: Part vps_win32-11111500 is installed
15.11.2011 09:39:46 package: Part setup_ais-509 is installed
15.11.2011 09:39:46 package: Part jrog-a7 is installed
15.11.2011 09:39:46 package: Part jrog2-36f is installed
15.11.2011 09:39:46 general: LoadState: Edition=3
15.11.2011 09:39:46 general: Old version: 509 (1289)
15.11.2011 09:39:49 file: SetExistingFilesBitmap: 944->527->522
15.11.2011 09:39:49 general: GUID: efd00546-bb1c-4954-9609-2bd0799afdda
15.11.2011 09:39:49 general: Server definition(s) loaded for ‘main’: 255 (maintenance:0)
15.11.2011 09:39:49 general: SelectCurrent: selected server ‘Download313 AVAST5 Server’ from ‘main’
15.11.2011 09:39:49 internet: SYNCER: Type: no proxy
15.11.2011 09:39:49 internet: SYNCER: Auth: no authentication
15.11.2011 09:40:03 general: Operation set to INST_OP_REPAIR
15.11.2011 09:40:03 general: Entered SetupProcessAIS::Do( INST_OP_REPAIR )
15.11.2011 09:40:03 general: Entered SetupProcessWin32Avast::Do( INST_OP_REPAIR )
15.11.2011 09:40:03 general: Entered SetupProcessWin32::Do( INST_OP_REPAIR )
15.11.2011 09:40:03 general: Entered SetupProcess::Do( INST_OP_REPAIR )
15.11.2011 09:40:03 general: Entered SetupProcessAIS::Do( INST_OP_UPDATE_INSTALL_PACKAGES )
15.11.2011 09:40:03 general: Entered SetupProcessWin32Avast::Do( INST_OP_UPDATE_INSTALL_PACKAGES )
15.11.2011 09:40:03 general: Entering:UpdateInstallPackages
15.11.2011 09:40:03 general: progress thread start
15.11.2011 09:40:03 package: LoadProductVpu: C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\Setup\prod-ais.vpx
15.11.2011 09:40:03 package: ERROR: Unable to verify prod-ais.vpx, error 0x2000000B
15.11.2011 09:40:03 package: Error processing packages. 0x20000011

Do I have some kind of awful virus? Can you give me any further steps?