need HELP...

within the last 30 days i purchased avast5. yesterday my pc began running a CHDSK scan and wouldnt stop. from what i read you need to let it finish but being my work pc, not possible. microsoft site said to restart in safe mode so you can cancel and reschedule for it to run at night. did that. afterwards, avast wouldnt work. cant remember the error, wouldnt even open up. tried to reinstall. then tried to uninstall. neither would work. called the 800 number on avast site. i was routed to india.

first gentleman i spoke to did try to help but with his accent im not sure if i understood everything. he said i had computer problems and i needed to purchase their iyogi service for $139.00. after an hour he did remove the original, reinstall for me. but now when i try to open avast it says NOT PROTECTED and gives me an error that says FIREWALL. so my pc is currently unprotected.

HELP.

i would like to speak with someone at avast, not at iyogi in india. i cant find a phone number of who to call. very frustrated.

Have you looked here http://www.avast.com/en-eu/contacts

What errors did you get when you tried to uninstall or reinstall ?

Try a clean reinstall:

  • Download the latest version of avast, AIS 5.0.594 http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/setup_ais.exe and save it to your HDD, somewhere you can find it again (if you didn’t save your last download). Use that when you reinstall.

  • Download the avast! Uninstall Utility, aswClear5.exe find it here and save it to your HDD (it has uninstall tools for both 4.8 and 5.0).

    1. Now uninstall (using add remove programs, if you can’t do that {likely given your comments} start from the next step), reboot.- 2. run the avast! Uninstall Utility from safe mode, first for 4.8 if previously installed and then for 5.0, once complete reboot into normal mode.- 3. install the latest version, reboot.