DavidR
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Aside from S&D being somewhat dated, if you have the teatimer (real-time) function enabled we have seen that cause some issues with avast.
Not being able to uninstall (again presumably you get errors ?) is generally an indication of a corrupt installation.
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Download the latest version of avast IS, 6.0.1125 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.
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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 both 5.x and 6.0.x).
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- Now uninstall avast! using add remove programs, if you can’t do that (as you have found) start from the next step, reboot.- 2. run the avast! Uninstall Utility from safe mode, first for 5.x if previously installed and then for 6.0, once complete reboot into normal mode.- 3. install the latest version, reboot.