VD doesnt update

hi,

i have Avast 8 loaded on win xp … had removed/uninstalled Avast 6 with Add/remove prog & uninstall tool of avast … bt even after that its not updating … shows intializing & nothing happens … ZA firewall has allowed avast & even if i close ZA & run updater … its the same … tried with autoupdate & manual bt its same … plz help

delete all avast rules in your firewall… reboot, when ZA ask create new rules

any change?