Although when I put my cursor on the icon, and it says I am not fully protected, when I click on the icon the screen comes up and says I am protected. Which one shall I believe?
try running these files if avast blocks them your good! If avast does not block them i would consider you reinstall avast! http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
These are just test files they are not malicious.
Can you try to repair your installation?
Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > avast! antivirus > Remove. Then choose Repair function in the popup window (Repair).
If this does not help, can you uninstall / boot / install / boot again?