I got the following msg "Windows could not start the avast! Antivirus on Local Computer
Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion …WTF does that mean? lol
I can not open the programme ever since “Windows Defender” came in and stuffed everything up but i have removed that and AVAST still can not open or Run… Help please… :-\
Try a repair of avast:
XP - Add Remove programs, select ‘avast! Anti-Virus,’ click the Change/Remove button and select Repair, click next and follow.
Vista, win7 - Control Panel, Programs & Features, uninstall a program, select ‘avast! Anti-Virus,’ click the Uninstall/Change and select Repair, click next and follow.
If you can’t uninstall through windows it is unlikely that a Repair will work either, so a clean reinstall using the uninstall utility (link in Asyn’s post) is the effective next step.