I have Avast! 4.8 Home edition running on XP SP3 and have for some time.
I noticed that it stops for no reason and I have to go into My Computer > Manage > Services & Appllications > Services to restart it manually (other Avast services start up again shortly after).
The setting is set to “Automatic” but it still keeps stopping and I have no notion as to why and have not noticed a common event that should cause this.
I have removed and re-installed Avast! to no avail.
Which is your other (or older) antivirus (before avast)?
Which is your firewall?
Did you run the boot time scanning after installing avast? Is your computer clean?
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 11:02:16, on 03/09/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal
b Firewall[/b]
You are either using no firewall or XP’s firewall. You may enhance your protection by installing a firewall with outbound protection like PCTools, Agnitum Outpost or Online Armor.
b Fix these entries[/b]
You may fix this entries by scanning with HJT then ticking the box beside them and select, “Fix selected entries”
Regarding toolbars, you may delete these entries if you wish since these are commonly unnecessary.
Firewall: Downloaded and installed Online Armour - (Is Zonealarm better/same?)
Entries: Uninstalled pdfforge - All entries disappeared from HJT on a fresh scan. I did use this but have alternatives. A quick Google showed it was a nasty - Thanks.
Unsure: Virus Total retured this on DKabcoms.exe:
MD5: 770f5cd12e3aefedb135f41ea8f5dc6c
First received: 2008.04.24 18:01:30 UTC
Date: 2009.02.19 21:42:49 UTC [>195D]
Results: 0/29
Permalink: analisis/faf8690e8addad756bce108c1a6098b746e30af8b5636861ad98b284dfeef232-1235079769
I’m assuming 0/29 is OK. I do not own a Dell laptop.
So far so good.
If this fixes the problem thank you very, very much indeed.