Can’t get Avast to work on a Dell 5150 running XP SP3. It installs just fine, updates itself, etc. I’ve even managed to run full scans with it, but as soon as the system is rebooted, it comes up with an X on the icon and won’t start.
I’ve tried 4.8, I’ve tried 5. I’ve used the uninstaller in safe mode a million times and reinstalled a million times. I’ve done repairs and everything else under add/remove programs. I’ve hit the fix now button, the start button. Occasionally something works temporarily, but it always shuts down again on reboot.
I’ve scanned the machine with SuperAntiSpyware, MalwareBytes, Dr. Web CureIt, TrojanRemover, ComboFix, etc. It comes out squeaky clean, as do the scans I’ve managed with Avast.
The system previously had AVG, but as it didn’t work right, it was uninstalled, and the AVG removal tool has also been used. Since it’s a Dell and might have come with Norton installed on it originally, the Norton removal tool has been run.
I’ve also removed Avast and tried installing Avira, which wouldn’t work either. Another oddity is that after I download the Avast installer, use it to install, if I’ve removed Avast later, and try to reinstall, the installer comes up saying it is corrupted, or there’s a problem expanding, and I have to download the installer all over again.
Oh yeah, I even did a repair install on Windows in the middle of this, and all windows updates have been installed.
So, any ideas? Thanks!