The strangest thing has happened to me. I just noticed that Avast was not running in the notification bar. How long its not been there I do not know. Ive just checked on my hard disk and its not there anymore. Its not even in the registry. No one else has access to my computer so it's not been deleted/uninstalled by anyone. Its just vanished on its own. I have never come across anything like this. Its a mystery? I have reinstalled it and run a scan to see if it found something that could have caused this and nothing. Even NOD32 has detected nothing. I am at a complete loss as to how this has happened. Has anyone else ever had anything just vanish?

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You've been running NOD32 and Avast? :S

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No, that would be silly lol. When I noticed that Avast had gone. I installed NOD32 to see if it detected anything

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Have you upgraded to the new 4.8?

Version 4.8.1169
March 29, 2008

* avast! now contains a built-in anti-rootkit protection
* avast! now comes with a built-in anti-spyware protection
* new self-defense function to prevent active malware from terminating avast! processes as well as corrupting avast! files and registry items
* scanners now display a progress of current scan (percentage of work done)
* fixed a vulnerability in AavmKer4.sys kernel-mode driver (problem applies to Windows NT/2000/XP, 32-bit only); special thanks to Tobias Klein
* improvements in boot-time scanner (detection & removal of hidden or hard to delete files)
* boot-time scanner will not start when booting into Safe Mode (the program was "invisible" in that case, no progress/messages could be seen)
* improvements in many unpackers
* ACE and RAR unpackers now work even in boot-time scanner
* IM Shield: added support for QQ
* improvements in handling of NTFS streams
* Internet Mail provider now displays the name of the sending/receiving program in the tooltip of its taskbar icon
* implemented a protection against false positives in critical system files
* removed a small memory leak in one of avast! drivers (Windows Vista and XP 64-bit only)
* added support for 64-bit WHS connector (available in WHS Power Pack 1)
* greatly improved performance of the updater, especially in cases where many increments are being downloaded (e.g. avast! installations with outdated virus definitions)
* silent installation now also includes scheduled tasks, if any
* resolved a compatibility issue with Acronis TrueImage (XP 64-bit only)
* compatibility tests with Vista SP1 and XP SP3

I found the Pro version to be much more effective. I found a copy on ebay for $8 for a 3 year license...

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