Microsoft reports that Avast antivirus is not active.

General Topics
1

Microsoft (in)Security Center is reporting that the “AVAST Antivirus is reporting it is turned off”.

Using WIN XP SP3 latest AVAST.

Actually, how CAN I verify the AVAST resident Virus Scanner IS up and running???

Side comment:
If I click “start Avast Antivirus” all it does is start an all-day System scan.

Thanks…

Mac

2

What avast processes are running in Task Manager, they begin with ash or asw, see image ?

avast starts automatically, the desktop shortcut is to start the avast processes, do a memory scan and open the Simple User Interface to run an ‘on-demand’ scan. This is only necessary if you have booted into safe mode as avast doesn’t start in safe mode. So effectively you shouldn’t have to use this shortcut.

3

Yes, they are all running (Which on IS the resident Virus monitor/scanner??) and how do we deal with this unnerving persistent warning:

http://pixtoshare.net/avastoff.jpg

It’s new since last update, as we have been running AVAST for a year or more…

Tom

4

This is a common issue with the Windows Security Center stuffing up.

Try this - Windows XP SP2, SP3:
Start, Run, type cmd and click OK from the command prompt type
‘rundll32 wbemupgd, RepairWMISetup’ without the quotes and enter.

Windows Security Center not recognising avast! also see
Frequently asked questions about Windows Security Center

The main scanning engine is the ashServ.exe.

5

Sometimes, Windows Security Center stop recognizing your antivirus or firewall… So, check your system time and date and also http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=23457.msg193534#msg193534

See also: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm

6

Got this:

http://pixtoshare.net\cmderror.jpg

tom

7

Does “Got this:” mean you have run the command and it works, or you understand but haven’t tried it or something else entirely ?