I need some help with getting Avast to scan again. When I double click on the Avast icon, a memory test starts, but afterwards the Avast rectagular box doesn’t appear to enable me to right click on the box to start my scan. A window popped up from MSN titled “Install On Demand” (Internet Explorer) with this message, “To display language characters correctly, you need to download and install the following components: Pan-European Text Display Support.” But I didn’t download it. Do I need to do this inorder for the Avast rectangular box to appear? I don’t know what to do. Do I do some kind of an Avast update? Before when I got connected online, a message from Avast would appear indicating the latest update has been successfully installed. Now, it doesn’t do that anymore ever since the above problem occurred. I right clicked on the blue Avast spinning icon ball located on the task bar and selected “updating” and clicked on AVS Update, then it started to update, but I cancelled it. But then it keeps coming up wanting to install every time I click on the Avast icon on the desktop. I don’t know what’s happening, but could use some advice. Thanks for your expertise.
Right clicking on the icon will allow you a manual update.
Let Avast finish the update!
Next, let’s go into Internet Explorer Toos/Internet Options/Advanced…
Scroll down to the Browsing category and see if the box for Install on demand (IE) is checked. If it is, then uncheck it. If it is not…then check the box. (Box is normally checked by default)
Next, go into Start/Programs/Settings/Control Panel/Add-Remove…
Highlight Avast. You will be given the option to Repair.
Click repair and let Avast fix any errors it finds in its’ startup files.
Reboot and check the system again.
What is happening is the computer senses that it “needs” additional files to continue. This is not always necessary.
If system and Avast now work properly, go back and make sure the Install on Demand box is checked.
Thank you Techie101, I’ll implement your solutions. Also, I’ll keep my topic placement to one forum. I figured the likelyhood of receiving good advice would increase if I posted my problem in two forums. I’ll keep it to one. Thanks for your advice. If for some reason I can’t get Avast to scan again, I’ll send another post here. Thanks again.
I followed your instructions, but the Avast scan rectangle box doesn’t appear. So I’m not able to right-click on the box to select where to scan and to start the scan. The only thing that appears is the “avast!-simple user interface” window. This window has been appearing ever since avast was installed. I haven’t clicked on the option to not have it appear. But that elusive avast rectangle box hasn’t appeared yet. So I’m stuck again; don’t know what to do next. Any more advice? There’s an “avast! on-access scanner” option located in the revolving avast icon. Do I use that? The message from IE, “To display language characters correctly, you need to download and install the following components: Pan-European Text Display Support,” doesn’t appear anymore. So I’m not able to download the “Pan” component. Yesterday it appeared 2 or 3 times when the problem first surfaced, but not anymore. So I probably missed the opportunity to fix part of the problem.
What happens if you run C:\Program files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashSimpl.exe ?
Where, on the Simple User Interface (skin) or on the Splash Screen?
Can you use the special key of ‘context menu’ in your keybord (right side of the space bar)
Again, what do you mean? The Simple User Interface or the ‘Introdutory Help’?
These are the settings of the providers I suppose…
No, you do not lose anything… I don’t think the problem is related to avast really…
What is the language of your setup.exe file (the file you download to install avast)?
At the moment, I don’t have any further help to offer, but to follow Technicals suggestions.
The reason you are not getting the Pan download request is because you unchecked the “Install on demand” option in IE (At least I think you did…I mentioned it in my post, but the last step was to go back after reboot and “check” the Install on demand option.
Run the program: Start Menu > Run > “C:\Program files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashSimpl.exe”
What do you get from this? After it runs, you can scan what you want…
If you select an area to scan (drivers, folders) and click ‘ok’ then the ‘retangle’ will be back and you can click on the ‘Play’ button (a triangle like in the CD/tape players).
A key that simulates the mouse Right click.
Can you right click the skin (Simple user Interface) and reach the ‘context menu’?
No, definetively the Simple User Interface is not he Introdutory help window…
Well, is the interface in English or which language?
You’re making the things difficult because you don’t believe me
You are not talking about the Simple User Interface (picture bellow).
This is the Glass Plate skin. avast! could be shown in different appearances (skins). This is one of them.
So, the Introdutory Help windows does not have a context menu.
The Simple User Interface does. Right click the skin or choose the left side above triangle to see it.
If you does not get these… well, go to Control Panel and uninstall avast.
Boot.
After that, try to install it again.
Luck 8)
It’s not that I don’t believe you Technical. We just weren’t connecting with each other on what we were explaining. We were both talking about the same thing, but my knowledge of certain terminology was limited. Thanks for showing me what a “skin” is and the Simple User Interface. I was going to try to copy and paste the tutorial to show you what I was talking about, but you already did it. My problem is that the skin no longer appears, but only the simple user interface (the 5 points tutorial). The skin that used to appear wasn’t as fancy as the one you pasted. My dilemma is what to do. Since I don’t have a skin I can’t right-click on the skin. You mentioned to uninstall Avast, reboot, and install Avast again. I can do that, but remember I didn’t install avast; someone else did it. Is the Avast 4 Home download free and is that the one I install? Also I saw on the website an area to download skins. Should I try downloading a skin and is that free? Thanks for all your help…Mega…
Ok, you have only the Introdutory Help and not the Simple User Interface.
The better will be uninstalling avast through Control Panel > Add/Remove programs / Boot / Install again / Boot.
If you did not pay for it, you are using the Home version.
If you use avast in Home and for non-commercial purposes you could download it again for free. The registration is free too. Oh, the skins too 8)
Thanks for the advice Technical. I have a question about re-installing Avast. Do I close some programs, etc so download can be quicker? It’s going to take an hour to open the file or do I save it to the computer. I tried opening the file and the during transferring of files, I get disconnected and have to get connected again. What do I do? I’m not able to reinstall Avast. Thanks…Mega…
I suggest you visit the ‘Links’ page on my signature and browse a little for ‘Download Managers’. You can use Google too: FlashGet, GetRight, Download Accelerator Plus, Flesh Download, etc. are some examples.
Using a program like this you can not even accelerate your download but resume interrupted downloads.
Closing Internet applications (browser, email client, etc.) could accelerate the download.
I suggest you save the setup.exe file to disk and not just ‘run’ it.
I am not Mega…I am Nancymc128 who was corresponding with you regarding Avast blocking AIM. After getting AIM installed I asked whether it would be blocked again after restarting Avast. I did not see that you replied to me until just today, as I never received a notification.
I am so helpless I didn’t know how to find you except reply to this quote you sent to Mega.
I started fooling around with Avast today after reading what you sent, even though AIM was working just fine. I have trouble telling whether Avast is really on and can’t figure out what I am reading after right-clicking the A ball. I am sure, though, that it was fine as I was receiving the audio notices that Avast had been updated.
Now I am at the point where I think I permanently put it on P2P shield and feel I should be on the Standard shield. When I right-click on the A, I have the option to “stop provider”, but not to “start provider”. It doesn’t give me an option for the standard shield.
If I left-click on the A, the P2P shield window comes up. Is the virus protection still running? How can I tell for sure. Help!! I appreciate your patience and will make sure I check to be notified of your reply, as it took quite awhile to find you again today.
Not to tie up this thread, if you click on my “signature” (techie101 in blue) anywhere in the forum, it will bring up a profile screen. At the botton is “Send …private message”.
or in any of my posts, on the left side under the small avatar (picture), you will see a green flag. If you run your cursor over it, it will say Instant Message. Clicking on it will take you an instant message screen.
I will send you some information the same way.
To retrieve it, sign on the forum as you did and look at the far right top of the screen for Messages. Clicking on the blue link will take you to the messages screen.
