Agree with craigb on this. SB especially if used with Teatimer has been known to cause conflicts with Avast. MBAM (Malwarebytes) http://www.malwarebytes.org/ is more up to date and is used by most of us here.

Uninstall Spybot S&D w/Teatimer: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/howto/uninstall.html.

  • How to disable Spybot-S&D (temporarily). http://www.safer-networking.org/en/howto/disable.html . Even though it says temporarily, the resident parts of SpyBot Search & Destroy must be enabled manually if disabled in this manner. TeaTimer doesn’t load into memory at all when disabled. Reboot.

Here is the Avast Uninstaller Tool: http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear6.exe. Reboot.

Let us know if you have any questions. Thank you.