No Blue Icon on task bar

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I just installed Avast Free and there is no blue Avast Icon on my task bar even if it is checked to appear, in the settings. I must stop Avast to scan my going out Email, because it stops my server for delivering my messages. (Sympatico needs a SSL connection)) How can I reach the Resident shield to change the email settings without this Icon???

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  1. Have you another AV installed (or did you) if so what?

  2. Did you get any errors displayed at any point?
    Check this link http://www.avast.com/eng/faq-other-questions.html#idt_1602, if no joy, uninstall, reboot, install and watch for any warnings/errors on install.

  3. avast can’t scan SSL (secure encrypted) email, that would kind of defeat the purpose of SSL email. It requires a third party interface to be able to scan it (STunnel, commonly used to be able to scan Gmail).
    SSL AVAST and STUNNEL
    Gmail and Avast Providers
    Solution: Using GMail with Avast and a SPAM filter
    Redirecting multiple SSL accounts
    Stunnel now comes as an installer which installs Open SSL and Stunnel so now you just have to download the installer version from here http://www.stunnel.org/download/binaries.html
    Secure connection with a Spam filter and avast!
    How to handle the secure connection with a SPAM filter and avast!

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Yes I had AVG before on this PC and it was not scanning email coming or going!!!
No, never had any error message during installation. That’s why I wonder where that blue icon went!!!
Thanks for the info. I will read it and see what I can do.

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It is possible that AVG hasn’t fully been removed, this could cause avast not to install components so as not to conflict. If you have a registry checker looking for anything AVG, perhaps there may be something on grisoft’s site about manual uninstall/removal of AVG.

As a temporary thing you could create a desktop shortcut to run C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashDisp.exe or double click it. This would allow access to the on-access providers.

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We’ve been through this before. It is not a problem with Avast but is a problem with certain XP setups.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14488.0