Today it has happened for the 2nd time where my machine has gone really slow/froze and when i restart Avast has been disabled and cannot be started up again. The first time this happened i scanned for Malware and 1 one was found but i have just completed another scan with MalwareBytes and it says my system is clean. Looking like i am going to have to uninstall/Re-install Avast again.
Any ideas as to why this is happening?
I am doing a Spyware scan with SuperAntiSpyware and so far all it has found are a few tracking cookies.
I am confused could there be something else, which is being missed here?
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Uninstall avast from Control Panel (if possible). If, for any reason, you can’t run it, try booting in Safe Mode and doing it from there. Anyway, boot after that.
Run the avast! Uninstall Utility saved on 1. If, for any reason, you can’t run it, try booting in Safe Mode and doing it from there. Anyway, boot after you’ve run it.
Install avast! using the setup saved on 2. Boot.
Register your free copy or add the license key for Pro.
Ok i uninstalled and re-installed Avast I.S and all seems to be working fine. This is the 2nd time i have had to do this and having done a Google search i see that i am not the only one having this problem. At first i thought it was due to Malware but since MBAM has shown my system to be clean i am thinking that there may be a problem with Avast itself.