Hi. I am running Avast free on a Windows 8.1 machine. My computer runs approx. 12 hours a day. I have used Avast for 2 years now, and up until recently, never had any problems with it.
The problem is, that my Windows Action Center gives me 5 to 10 messages a day, saying that Avast is turned off. I click the button to tell the action center to turn it back on, and I get a Trust Avast software message that I click. Keep in mind that my machine does not get turned off, so this is not a boot problem.
This is a well known bug in Windows.
Reset the action center.
For Windows Vista/7/8
a) Open an elevated command prompt as follows
For Vista/7 go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > right click on Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator
For Windows 8 hover the mouse to the bottom left corner until you are seeing the Start pictogram > right click on it and choose Command Prompt (Admin)
b) In the command prompt window type the command below and press Enter
winmgmt /verifyrepository
c) You will get either one of these results:
WMI repository is consistent -no problems detected >> go to step f)
WMI repository is inconsistent -problems detected >> go to step d)
d) To rebuild the repository type the command below and hit Enter
winmgmt /salvagerepository
e) You will receive one of the results below
WMI repository is consistent -no problems detected >> go to step f)
WMIrepository salvage failed -failed to rebuild WMI repository. Try repeating step d) again.
WMIrepository has been salvaged - WMI repository has been successfully rebuilt. >> go to step g)
f) Reset the repository to its initial state using the command below and hit Enter
winmgmt /resetrepository
g) Now reboot the PC and check if the issue reoccurs
After so many years it seem sthat Avast has not fixed this issue
I upgraded Avast a few days ago now and my Outlook 2010 does not want to load Avast Add-in anymore.
Sepnding many hours to figure out why without success.
I have been racking my brains in uninstalling and installing…
Of course no reply from Avast support but I used to receive so many renewal notices from them.
What a poor service.