Forgot to say, I had no such a problems on my wife’s system whatsoever… everything went OK after latest iAVS update. I tried repairing avast!, but nothing helped. ashDisp.exe still won’t start automatically on next reboot. I’ve also noticed that somehow, database value was set back to ODBC, and it was always set as XML on my system. Event viewer, antivirus section is completely empty (under computer management), and avast! log file shows this (for today):

25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general Started: 25.01.2005, 05:48:55 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general Running setup_av_pro-231 (561) 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM system Operating system: WindowsXP ver 5.1, build 2600, sp 2.0 [Service Pack 2] 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM system Computer WinName: ****** 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM system Windows Net User: SYSTEM 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general Cmdline: /downloadpkgs /noreboot /updatevps /verysilent 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general DldSrc set to inet 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general Operation set to INST_OP_UPDATE_GET_PACKAGES 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general Old version: 231 (561) 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general SGW32P::CheckIfInstalled set m_bAlreadyInstalled to 1 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM system Computer DnsName: ****** 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM system Computer Ip Addr: ***** 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM internet SYNCER: Type: 1 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM internet SYNCER: Auth: 2 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM package Part prg_av_pro-231 is installed 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM package Part vps-50302 is installed 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM package Part news-42 is installed 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM package Part setup_av_pro-231 is installed 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general Old version: 231 (561) 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM file SetExistingFilesBitmap: 451->126->126 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general GUID: 3a6e4e1d-ca3f-45ee-bcba-6cfd90aec842 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general Server definition(s) loaded for 'main': 15 (maintenance:0) 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general SelectCurrent: selected server 'Download4 AVAST server' from 'main' 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general Server definition(s) loaded for 'main': 15 (maintenance:0) 25/01/2005 5:48:55 AM general SelectCurrent: selected server 'Download12 AVAST server' from 'main' 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package Load C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\prod-av_pro.vpu 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package LatestPartInfo: news = news-42 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package LatestPartInfo: program = prg_av_pro-231 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package LatestPartInfo: setup = setup_av_pro-231 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package LatestPartInfo: vps = vps-50400 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package Part vps-50400 was set to be installed 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package Removed obsolete file part-vps-50302.vpu 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package FilterOutExistingFiles: 126 & 126 = 0 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package FilterOutExistingFiles: 126 & 126 = 0 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package IsFullOkay: vps-50400.vpu - not okay 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package IsFullOkay: vpsm-50400.vpu - not okay 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package IsFullOkay: vpsm-50400.vpu - not okay 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package IsFullOkay: vps-50400.vpu - not okay 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package IsFullOkay: vpsm-50400.vpu - not okay 25/01/2005 5:48:56 AM package IsFullOkay: vpsm-50400.vpu - not okay 25/01/2005 5:48:57 AM package DldPackage: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\vps-50400-50300.vpu, returned 0x00000000 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM package Diff ok, created: vps-50400.vpu 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM package DldPackage: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\vpsm-50400.vpu, returned 0x00000000 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM package Removed obsolete file vpsm-50302.vpu 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM package FilterOutExistingFiles: 126 & 126 = 0 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM package Transferred files: 6 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM package Transferred bytes: 17701 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM package Transfer time: 1530 ms 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM internet Sending stats 'http://download12.avast.com/cgi-bin/iavs4stats.cgi': 00000000 204 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM file NeedReboot=false 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM general Return code: 0x20000000 [Something done] 25/01/2005 5:48:58 AM general Stopped: 25.01.2005, 05:48:58 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM general Started: 25.01.2005, 05:48:59 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM general Running setup_av_pro-231 (561) 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM system Operating system: WindowsXP ver 5.1, build 2600, sp 2.0 [Service Pack 2] 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM system Computer WinName: ***** 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM system Windows Net User: SYSTEM 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM general Cmdline: /refresh /noreboot /updatevps /verysilent 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM general Operation set to INST_OP_UPDATE_INSTALL_PACKAGES 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM general Old version: 231 (561) 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM general SGW32P::CheckIfInstalled set m_bAlreadyInstalled to 1 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM internet SYNCER: Type: 1 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM internet SYNCER: Auth: 2 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM package Part prg_av_pro-231 is installed 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM package Part vps-50400 is installed 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM package Part news-42 is installed 25/01/2005 5:48:59 AM package Part setup_av_pro-231 is installed