I have Avast 2014 Free installed on the computer. The laptop is running Windows 7 with all updates. The Avast service is not starting, when I try to turn it on or resolve the problem, nothing happens.
I used the uninstaller and then did a reinstall, but that did not work. This is not my laptop, the person had McAffee installed in it; I removed it using the removal tool.
Uninstall Avast by control panel [If you don’t have Avast in control Panel go to #4]
Uninstall in safe mode using Avastclear.
Run Rejzors Uninstall Utility in Normal Mode (removes traces avastclear doesn’t) - reboot.
Check : Once uninstalled check in device manager>view>show hidden devices if there is anything related to avast with a yellow triangle… if so, uninstall it and reboot.