Avast service fails to start, prompt /var/run/avast/scan.sock: No such file or d

After entering /etc/init.d and running ./avast start, two avast processes are generated. After 10 seconds, there is an error log in / var / log / message:


avast: Error creating PID file: open (): /var/run/avast/avast.pid: File exists
Fatal error. Exiting.

Then one of the processes will exit and the “scan” command will appear


connect (): /var/run/avast/scan.sock: No such file or directory

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