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Techie, I probably didn’t word my post correctly. I do not run two AV’s on my system, just Avast. Back when I first installed Avast, I too did not know that I could not have another AV on my PC. Thats why I got the lockup, because Norton was still on my system. Thats why I inserted my True Image rescue CD, and did a hard re-boot (pressed button on front of system) and recovered from a clean image of before I had Avast, and also before I had Norton on my system. I then re-installed Avast cleanly without Norton present. I always create an image of my operating system partition, before a new software install, and store it either on a second internal hard drive, or on a USB hard drive. If things get ugly, I am back in business in minutes, with the offending software completly removed from my PC .
I have mentioned this before, that I basically use my AV to scan files I download from the net, and also scan my e-mail. If I ever did get a virus, I would recover by loading a clean virus free image from an earlier time. I usually image 3 or 4 times a week, so I would only lose minimal data if I decided on restoring .
Tipton