Freeze with W2K

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
1

Hello,
Im under W2K, SP4.
I just installed Avast 4.5.561, ok the first reboot lauch a complete test of my drives, ok BUT:

  • Now not all my programs appear in the tray icon
  • I cannot access to my disk with the file explorer (freeze)
  • The “Add/Remove program” window can be displayed but then freezes and I connot even uninstall Avast!
  • I cannot access to the net, firefox doesn’t work (nothing appear)
  • Yet I can launch some other programs (notepad), the OS is living !
    …
    I have already uninstall Avast after restarting windows in safe mode, all went ok. but after installing it another time give the same problems
    Please help :frowning:
    thanks
    Manu.
2

I’m running Win2000 pro on one of my pc’s with avast, without any problems.
Any other antivirus you are/were running?

3

Yes AVG was running before but I uninstalled it and as the process didn’t ended correctly, I removed all registry entries that relie with AVG. I am sure AVG doesn’t run now.

4

It should not be the cause of the error… avast and AVG can live togheter (although it’s dangerous) in some cases.
Can you try switching the proxy settings from “Auto-detect” to “No proxy” (I’m assuming you’re not connecting to the Internet via proxy).
Left click the avast icon > Settings
Update (Basic) > Details > Proxy