Good morning everyone,
Just after I exited the Internet, the rather strange message shown in the attached screenshot appeared on my screen. I've seen this message a couple of other times, but have no idea what it means or if it is indicative of something serious.
Any help in explaining what this message is and whether or not it presents any system/security risks would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and review!
It is NOT an avast message…but windows
+1. Yes this is a Windows error not avast!.
True, still it’s related to avast somehow… 
Hi,
Try this work around. Try to open the Outlook in safe mode.
Start → Run → outlook /safe. Check for the error message and update us back.
Have a wonderful day. Good Karma!
@iYogisolutions1
since you already have the “Have a wonderful day. Good k@rma!” in your signature…then why post it every time ???
ROFL ;D 8)
Good question…!!!
i think it would work good in Trend Micro forum as they talk about kudos and karma all the time…they even have a forum button for it :
Well this stuff of good karma is taking my nerves too…
Guys…the topic is going in the wrong direction…
Repetition is a creature of habit. That is probably all there is to it. Also the topic of k-a-rma is, i believe a cultural one. (and the forum replaces the a in the word to an @ - which then translates to an old system of points that has since been abandoned here)
So back on topic…
I don’t have any working knowledge of Outlook, but for those that do, these questions may be helpful.
Is there any error report within Outlook for this “serious error”?
Does it still occur or was it a one time thing?
Does the add-in work now, or not?
Hi all,
Just trying to remind everyone that we all are doing a great job here!!
Anyway the issue will be fixed if a complete re-installation of avast! is done.
Have a wonderful day. Good Karma!
Thank you to everyone who responded to my post!
I did try the Start > Run > outlook/safe procedure. I received an error message that stated Windows could not find it, and to check the spelling, etc. I do not use Outlook (at least not that I'm aware of). (For spg SCOTT: I can only answer your 2nd question. The particular message I posted about is one I've only seen a couple of times in the past. I also don't have a working knowledge of Outlook either).
I just wanted to ensure the message didn’t involve some security issue that I need to address.
Best regards to everyone!
Hi,
Sorry, made a small mistake there. 
You need to type the command outlook /safe in Run. We missed out the space between “outlook” and “/safe”
Update us back with results.
Have a wonderful day. Good Karma!
Strange, as your screenshot says you do…
Greetings again everyone!
I re-tried the Start > Run > outlook /safe command. Outlook opened properly on the screen. I did not see any error messages.
Thank you to everyone for your time and help!
Hi,
The issue can be due to the corrupted ashoutxt.dll file in avast!. So what you need to do is, to do a complete re-installation from scratch. It will fix it.
Please reply us back.
Have a wonderful day. Good Karma!
Thanks for the additional info. Could you please direct me as to how to completely remove the Avast free I have and then re-install it again? (I seem to recall seeing something once that I need to use some kind of Avast removal tool in order to completely remove everything from the computer before doing a clean re-install).
Thanks again!
Just a normal uninstall reboot and reinstall should be fine, your last post mentioned that it all worked fine when you tried again so it might of just been a glitch.
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When you see it in every post on every signature and every profile on the left of every sodding post, it make me want to throw up.
I hate having this cr*p shoved down my throat on every post, it just seems so false.
All I feel is bad k@rma.
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I feel no karma at all here, but I know what you mean.