Hi all,
I’m new to this forum, and I need some help. I’ve downloaded and installed Free Avast 5.0. The program is running fine, but I think I may have a problem. Whenever I start or restart my computer, I’m using Vista Home Premium, I have to manually start the Real-Time shields. I never had this problem before the upgrade. Is this a normal requirement for the free version of Avast 5.0? Any help/solution someone can provide would be appreciated.
Thanks
Try avast repair
For a repair of avast. Windows, Add Remove programs, select ‘avast! Anti-Virus,’ click the Change/Remove button from the pop-up window, scroll down to Repair, click next and follow.
It is not the normal requirement to have to manually start the shields.
Have (or did) you another Anti-Virus installed in this system, if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ?
Hello there folks,
I’m having the same problem as the poster who started this thread. I’m running XP Professional, and up until recently I had Norton Antivirus installed; I uninstalled that through add/remove programs in Control Panel.
I have run a repair on Avast, but that’s not shifted the problem, unfortunately.
Thanks in advance for any and all replies.
Stu_the_elder:
The Norton Removal Tool uninstalls all Norton 2003-2010 products from your computer.
And, you must use the Norton removal tool. Ad/remove Programs is not good enough to remove all the crap left behind by Norton.
Thank you all - that appears to have cleared it!
It is good to know that all is cleared up for you, Stu … and welcome to the forums. 
Please come back often and learn more.
Welcome to the forums, olddude
We have not heard back from you. Has any of the above information helped you?