Comments on: How can I turn Avast antivirus on in 64-bit Windows 7?

By: Goro

Goro — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 03:26:48 +0000

Yes, as i have read on other forums windows is detecting avast as a VIRUS.. I don’t get what they say.. but Do you think it is true?

By: thuya8

thuya8 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:44:45 +0000

may be you get pirated version.
I enjoy using avast internet security with no action centre warning message.

By: Roshin idi

Roshin idi — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:01:21 +0000

Windows does detect Avast, I would recommend re-installing.

By: FIDELIS

FIDELIS — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:28:37 +0000

Hello, I am running avast free in one of my windows 7 x64 system without facing the problems you are having. I would try uninstalling your avast installation and then download a new version. That should fix your problem.

By: Cyborg Abhi

Cyborg Abhi — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:22:24 +0000

Did everything, but the cross on the flag won’t go away. When I turn off some shields and press the ‘Turn on’ button, Windows turns on all shields, avast is on, but the cross remains.

So finally I switched to AVG.

By: Cyborg Abhi

Cyborg Abhi — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:16:38 +0000

Thanks! I would try that.

By: Cyborg Abhi

Cyborg Abhi — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:23:53 +0000

Thank you. Avast is one of the most popular AV products. Windows ought to be detecting it…

By: Bruce Epper

Bruce Epper — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:44:38 +0000

If Avast is reporting that it is running properly, you can disable the antivirus notifications as some AV products are not detected properly by Windows as enabled (or installed in some cases).

It is not uncommon for 64-bit programs to still utilize 32-bit services that run in the background. I recently worked on a 64-bit system that had the 64-bit version of Office 2010 on it which still uses 32-bit processes as well. There is no requirement for 64-bit systems to run only 64-bit software and in the case of antivirus software, there is not any real benefit for doing so.

By: ha14

ha14 — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:57:12 +0000

probably because avast has to load all those shields after you logon. You can test it by right clicking the orange Avast icon in the systray and then go to “Avast shields control”. Choose to disable permanently and then reboot. You can re-enable them again once windows boots to the desktop again. if this solves the problem. perhaps then consider to uninstall avast completly using revo uninstaller, then download the software Everything
http://www.voidtools.com/download.php
http://www.techtipsgeek.com/search-files-folder-everything-tool/2208/
or Agent Ransack
http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?type=agentransack&page=home

do a search of left over avast files and delete then reboot and reinstall Avast.

perhaps you may want to disable windows defender also

prior using avast did you have another security tool, if yes perhaps uninstallation went wrong so search also for left over files.