I installed MSE but couldn’t get rid of Avast. I had problems with MSE, so I uninstalled it. The Avast atavar in the notification area had a red cross over it. When I opened the user interface, the message said that Avast was stopped or in an inconsistent state. I clicked on start , it brought me back to the same error with no explanation. The same happened, when I clicked on “fix”. I tried starting it with “Services”, but got an error msg(Ican’t remember what it was.) Thn I tried The uninstall utility. Everything went well, until I booted into Safe mode. I clicked on aswclear.exe and got a msg that it wasn’t valid Win32 data. I hate going without an antivirus. I hope someone can help me.
I suggest an installation from scratch:
- Download the latest version of avast! Uninstall Utility and save it.
- Download the latest avast! version and save it.
- Uninstall avast from Control Panel (if possible). If, for any reason, you can’t run it, try booting in Safe Mode and doing it from there. Anyway, boot after that.
- Run the avast! Uninstall Utility saved on 1 in Safe Mode. Boot after you’ve run it. Repeat this for any major avast! version you have ever installed/upgraded in your computer.
- Install avast! using the setup saved on 2. Boot.
- Register your free copy or add the license key for Pro. Or even upgrade your key from old versions.
- Check and post the results. If, for any reason, you did not solve, try doing the step 3 in Safe Mode anyway.