avast & Windows Security Center

Why doesn’t avast is listed in this Registry key?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center

By the way, avast stopped to be detected by WSC for me… I’m doing everything I know to get back…
Any other way, besides the one I’ve posted myself here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=23457.msg193534#msg193534

Perhaps using the other Keys as an example, would creating a key for avast work ?

Edit: Just checked my registry and there is no entry for avast either and WSC recognises avast as my AV, weird.

Me too.

Well… I don’t think we have to had a key there to be recognized…
The problem is that for a week to now, I’ve Googled a lot and have never find a solution for it…
I can’t believe I’m the only one on the Earth with this problem… there is not a direct solution for reinstalling or restarting the detection :-\ :cry:

avast is listed here: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/viruses/wsc/en-us/flist.mspx (Microsoft Antivirus Partners).
So what :‘( :’(

Well, there are 40 listed on the web site and only 14 in the registry. Avast! is not the the only one missing. Does it really mean anything?

I think the Registry key does not help (or mess) anything on detection…
I’ve tried the way posted here: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm
I thought it would be the solution… but, no way.
I have to overinstall Windows, then take 69 updates ::slight_smile: :frowning:
It’s ridiculous stay without other solution for that :cry:

Personally I would have given up in this quest a long time ago and opted to monitor it myself. However, I know you aren’t looking at this just for yourself, but also for others as this is such a common problem with WSC, one that you would think MS is aware of, but nothing conclusive from MS.

Merry Christmas.

Is it possible that those 14 registry entries are like “place holders” for security products that use automatic detection while the rest (using manual detection) just write their normal entries to be searched out by WSC? If that’s the case then the solution to this problem might be to change the way avast! is detected but that can’t be changed at the user level.

Merry Christmas to you and David.

The user has always the freedom of doing that…
Just that seems pathetic that there is no other option…

Maybe… but the entries are empty, seems difficult to provide any info for automatic detection.
If this was truth, it will be easy to get back avast detection…

But if entries are added upon installation? For example, here’s how it looks on a computer with Zone Alarm


http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1222/seccentervs8.png

I know that key doesn’t specifically say “Here I am” but it might be what the security center needs. Its just a guess :slight_smile:

I wish this could be true… but, maybe, avast team has any other option to restart WSC detection.
Again, I can’t find a solution instead of overinstallation… but they’re very good on programming and know Windows a lot…
Maybe they have any other suggestion…

Merry Christmas.