advast flash screen appear even after unintall

I installed a time limited version of avast on my laptop I uninstalled it and even used add/remove programs to completely remove it then i went in and manually removed the directories etc left behind through windows explorer then i downloaded a third party uninstaller and it found some avast files and removed those but i still get a splash screen on boot up saying avast time out that has a menu of upgrade purchase or uninstall select uninstall and it asks if im sure hit ok it dose nothing next boot up same thing
dont know what to do next other than reformating the drive and reinstalling xp

system is a dell c840 1 gig ram 20 gig drive running xp sp3 home edition

ive checked the taskmanager and found nothing unusual have run all kinds of cleaners and reg fix but everything stays the same…

So why did you remove Avast, you now it is free?
you just have to register and get a new key once a year http://www.avast.com/eng/home-registration.php

Have you tried installing and uninnstalling again?

but i still get a splash screen on boot up saying avast time out that has a menu of upgrade purchase or uninstall select uninstall and it asks if im sure hit ok it dose nothing next boot up same thing
Are you sure it is Avast, can you post a screenshot?

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-uninstall-utility.html

but yes, wondering too if it’s really avast he got there…

Have you any system restore points before you installed the avast program? did you install it from the genuine avast web site in the first place?

may be it wasn’t a typo when the OP wrote “advast” in the thread title ??? ;D