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thanx for the suggestion - didnt get chance to try it cos it has fixed itself.
I think the error was being caused by an email (or amount of emails!) i had in my in queue. heres what i did:
I removed the 127.0.0.1 loop back - re-entered my servers POP3 details (i needed to check my emails urgently)
downloaded my emails unprotected (38 genuine - god only knows how much spam!)
re-entered the avast 127.0.0.1 settings
all working fine again
Ill keep you posted if future emails manage to crash avast
cheers
rob