Hah! That’ll teach me. After a reboot (for unrelated activity) avast! Home Free 4.8.1335 is again showing only 2 providers running (Standard Shield / Internet Mail Shield) and the Web Shield paused for “a subsystem to start.”
I give up, unless somebody has a solution.
I have the setup log, but it’s huge (160kb) so should I post it here or mail it to??? If you have only specific sections you need, I can edit… RSVP JLJ
SOLVED, sorta – after uninstalling avast! and scrubbing zillions of registry traces, I reinstalled 4.8.1335 with Outlook/Exchange component included – even though I do not have Outlook installed (and did not install this component in earlier versions). After reboot I terminated this component and now AFAICT this version is working correctly.
Running XP Home SP3 fully updated ~
Per my thread on update scheduling I took the plunge and updated from avast! Home Free 4.8.1229 to 4.8.1335, and as happened the last time I tried anything later than .1229, I’m getting a “provider is waiting for a subsystem to start” message re Web Shield, which no longer runs. I’ve tried soft and hard reboots and repair, no fix. Last time this happened I uninstalled, wiped my registry and reinstalled avast! clean, with the identical problem resulting, so I am hesitant to do it again because it’s a huge PITA.
Internet Mail Shield is running and appears to work correctly; ditto Standard Shield. But Web Shield fails. Any ideas? I have several XP services disabled but I do not think they are problematic, they did not affect .1229. The only other security app running is WinPatrol Free but that, too, did not affect earlier versions of avast!
Frustrating!