Ashserv (Not Responding)

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I have Win98 SE, OE6 and IE6

I have the free edition of Avast and very often when I try to go to Standby I get Ashserv (Not Responding). I know that the Ashserv.exe file is part of the Avast software. How can I remedy this?

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