Just installed Avast home , trying to run a scan & it has been saying 'Initializing engine .please wait ’ for half an hour , surely this is isn’t right . I have Vista home premium, 2GB RAM , dual core AMD
Hi :
We usually start by asking the Name of your previous antivirus program and
“steps” you used to COMPLETELY REMOVE IT !? Did you use its
“Removal Tool/Uninstall App” IF One exists ?
Not to disappoint ;D
Have (or did) you another AV installed in this system, if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ?
Try a repair of avast. Add Remove programs, select ‘avast! Anti-Virus,’ click the Change/Remove button and scroll down to Repair, click next and follow.
Hi
Had AVG free before , used uninstall from programs & features in control panel. Did repair as suggested .Still the same ,also just noticed security centre says Avast! reports that it might be out of date , but have updated it via the icon & it says vps is up to date
Please try to update to the latest pre-release build:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=36639.0
The problem should be fixed there.
Should I uninstall the present 1 first ?
Ignore that ,saw the link just after I posted . All done scan r,unning now . Thanks all for the help