I do a scan about twice a week, with avast! home edition 4.8. I just tried to do my scan a few minutes ago and here is what happens:
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The splash screen freezes when it is testing operating memory and startup items.
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When I click stop memory scan (or something like that) it is still frozen.
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I have to go under task manager and click “end task” and then avast! will start.
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I try to start a scan, like always, but now it just sits there at 0%. It didn’t start for 30min, so I tried to close Avast!, and it didn’t close.
It eventually did, but very slow.
Last thing I did was manually remove AVG from registry and services, as I was told it was not wise to run it with avast!.
Now, before I resort to reinstall, I need to know what I am dealing with…If this is corruption, I can easily fix that; if it is a virus, then I am screwed.
OS: Vista Home Premium
RAM: 1gb
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard/COMPAQ
PC age: about 14 months.
Type: Laptop
recent virus removals: WIN32Parite (PE.Parite.AO) - (October, 2007=date last seen)
Any Ideas, or should I reinstall. :-\