Hi Pondus, I may have spoke too soon.
I did reinstall avast, and since have had it act up twice. It stopped working the other day, and wouldn’t open. Yesterday the same thing. I went to the control panel and repaired avast. It then opened and ran a scan that said no threats detected. However a file on by computer completely disappeared, as well as a program icon off the desktop. Not sure what is happening, but whatever was there, still seems to be. I don’t want to system restore because that doesn’t get rid of the problem.
I’m not home now, but tomorrow will follow the instructions and attach logs from http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0.
Thanks in advance for your assistance. Mickie