In another forum they say that this software is a virus and very difficult to get rid of. Here, in this forum, I noticed there is a ALwIL thread…so which is it? According to the other forum members complained that they cannot get updates of various programs, including Avast, can’t get IE, and etc. Now, I just noticed this icon on my desktop that says “setupeng.exe”. I checked properties and it says its for ALWIL software. I thought it was sent there when I installed Avast…so which is it?
That is the avast English language installation file (setupeng.exe), which I presume you downloaded to your desktop to install ?
This isn’t a virus, obviously and far from being hard to get rid of add remove programs is the normal uninstall as per other programs.
Alwil Software is the company that develops avast anti-virus. That is why there is an ALWIL Software announcements topic/forum, though it isn’t very active as most announcements are within the main forums.
You make references to other forums, but don’t say which so we can’t possibly comment on their speculation, or problems. This is the official avast anti-virus support forum, just do a whois search on avast.com and you will see it is registered to Alwil Software