Avast vs. Windows Defender

So, I recently bought Avast! Internet Security and everything was fine and dandy, but I’ve been experiencing an issue that also popped up on an old computer of mine a few years ago. This icon keeps popping up telling me that avast is not turned on and that I need to turn it on, or another antivirus, or windows defender. Is this just a glitch or what? I keep pressing the button to turn on avast, and every time I look at avast it looks like it is running well. I don’t know what to do, and I don’t want my new computer to get a virus!

Hi, I have the same problem, is there any solution to this?
Regards

  • Which avast!..?? (Free/Pro/IS/Premier)
  • Which version…??
  • OS…?? (32/64 Bit…? - which SP…?)
  • Other security related software installed…??
  • Which AV(s) did you use before avast!..??

Have you checked in your Add/Remove programs that Avast is actually installed ; I had an experiece like ths some while ago on my XP machine to discover that, somehow, my Avast program had been uninstalled !!