There really isn’t much information here, you say you used the avast uninstall utility from safe mode. But no detailed information on what you did as this should be a complete clean reinstall.
Unfortunately you have now complicated the issue by installing another AV as you will also have to ensure that is completely removed before you reinstall AIS.
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Download the latest version of avast, 8.0.1489 http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/avast_internet_security_setup.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.
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Download the avast! Uninstall Utility, aswClear.exe find it here and save it to your HDD (it has uninstall tools for all versions).
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- Now uninstall avast! - using add remove programs, if you can’t do that (as appears to be the case, if already uninstalled) start from the next step, reboot.- 2. run the avast! Uninstall Utility in normal mode, it will request it be run from safe mode (and will handle the boot into safe mode), first for 7.x if previously installed and then for 8.0, once complete reboot into normal mode.- 3. Uninstall kaspersky and reboot. - 4. Install the latest avast AIS version, reboot.