I have a somewhat similar situation on my computer. I recently purchased Avast Internet Security. It is up and running, and when looking at the summary, it states Secured–Your system is fully protected. All shields are up and running. But when I pass my mouse cursor over the round icon in the desktop tray, there is always a message that states “avast! Antivirus: WARNING, your system is UNSECURED.” Why does it state this? I can’t find anything out of the ordinary. ???