when i try to start up avast i get a box that says
“Windows cannot find ‘C:\Program Files\AVAST Software|Avast\avastUi.exe’. Make sure you typed the name correcty and then try again.”
I have tried uninstalling and re installing, and using the uninstall tool, i have tried repairing it, i have tried running malwarebyte. I am at a loss. Please Help.
What OS/SP ?
What exact version of avast ?
Any other security (related) software installed ? (or was there)
What happens if you (try to) run avastclear ?
Any other problems with the system ?
I got this same error on my Win10 system and it also gave me a popup dialog box that just said ‘Avat UI’ with an OK radio button. I did not click the button. AvastClear tool did not actually delete ANY Avast files or registry entries either. Since then I tried to DL a new version of Avast to make sure I have a good running version but keep getting the error about invalid file signature.
I have vista on my laptop.
I have the Free Avast.
It originally came with nortons and then i used AVG for a while but they have been deleted.
I do have malwarebytes anti malware.
When i use the avast clear it deletes the program as it should, when i reinstall i still have the same error.
And there are no other issues that i have noticed.
Ok so I tried to download the file from my desktop to disc and found that on my desktop Avast was blocking it. When i was trying to download it on firefox, from my laptop, there was an avast side bar running. So evidently part of Avast is working on my laptop. Knowing that and knowing that Avast blocked the Farbar i uninstalled it from my laptop and was able to download Farbar.
Run FRST and press Fix
On completion a log will be generated please post that
THEN
Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode onto your desktop.
[*]Close all open programs and internet browsers.
[*]Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool.
[*]Click on Scan.
[*]After the scan is complete click on “Clean”
[*]Confirm each time with Ok.
[*]Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart.
[*]Please post the content of that logfile with your next answer.
[*]You can find the logfile at C:\AdwCleaner[S0].txt as well.
It is there, it is listed as …AvastUI.exe everything else the same. but when i click on it directly, it still tells me the same thing."Windows cannot find ‘C:\Program Fies\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastUI.exe’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.
Now it is telling me that “Windows cannot find’C:\Users\Main\Downloads\FRST.exe’.”
Remembering that something about Avast wouldnt let me download FRST to begin with, I had to uninstall avast to download FRST. could there be a part of avast running in the background that is stopping me from running these programs? but if i try and run a scan through the main, it says Avast isn not running soooo… I am at a loss. What would you like me to do next?