I have been using Avast Home Edition since Nov. 2007. I am running it on a Dell Computer with Windows XP. I have Avast set to scan whenever my screen saver come on. Until just recently when the screen saver activated and Avast started scanning there was a blue bar floating around the screen and in it was a running log of all files that were being scanned. After a time it would also indicate that scan was complete. Now I still get the floating blue bar but there is no indication of files being scanned or if scan is complete. I do automatically receive frequent updates so the system must be working. Why am I not getting the scan info in the blue bar? How can I fix it?
Can you try to repair your installation?
Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > avast! antivirus > Remove. Then choose Repair function in the popup window (Repair).
I think that this is normal if you finished the scanning at that session (boot/login).
Mine is working but as I have the Pro version, I can configure the screensaver task much deeper. I can’t remember how to configure it with the Home version (if possible).
Tech;
Thanks for you reply. I tried your suggestion and it worked like a champ. I was really getting worried since I had looked in the “Help” section of the program and couldn’t find an answer, probably wasn’t looking in the right topic. I also e-mailed Avast Tech Services last week and never heard anything in reply so I was definately getting worried. I am not as computer literate as I would like to be but am learning.
Thanks
Don
But you’re on the right direction… you’ve asked for help and you’re trying to learn 
Welcome to the forums, Don. 
Please come back often, learn more, and maybe help others.