"Unable to start firewall" message

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I’ve suddenly started getting the message “Unable to start firewall”. All was well before yesterday and I’ve not changed anything.

http://www.coolspools.eu/firewall_error.jpg"

The Avast Firewall service is set to start automatically, but is not started. When I try to start it manually, I get

http://www.coolspools.eu/firewall_error2.jpg"

Can anyone suggest a reason for this or how I might investigate the cause of this service failing? Any logs anywhere I can view?

Thanks

Pete

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Have you found a solution yet?

I’ve a new install on windows 7 and it’s doing the same to me.

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I would do these two things:

  1. Ensure that the Windows Firewall is turned off.
  2. Go to “Control Panel” → “Add/Remove Programs” → choose Avast! → choose “Repair”.
  3. Reboot

Not sure if this will help but certainly worth a shot.

Let us know if you get it working.

Good luck . . . .

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I get the same problem on XP SP3 - but not if I log in as an administrator.

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I got the same message a couple of times doing a reinstall of the Security Suite. I tried repairing but it didn’t work. I finally used the Avast 5 uninstall tool and removed all traces of Avast. I did another install and now it works fine and dandy… :o 8)

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  1. Go to “Control Panel” → “Add/Remove Programs” → choose Avast! → choose “Repair”. Worked for me.
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Don’t forget to reboot your system after the repair finishes. :slight_smile:

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Isn’t the reason we have Avast so that we don’t have to deal with stuff like this?

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??? ??? Like What ??? ???