

In light of everything I would say reinstall Avast, it should be fine. There were widespread issues having nothing to do with Avast itself, it was just that Avast contributed to some issues in a relatively minor way given what we needed to do to bring the computer back to health. As antivirus programs go, Avast is not alone in this and there are certain other antivirus programs that are far more problematic, in my opinion. It is very common for programs in general, and specifically antivirus software, to cause issues or conflicts. Please be sure to copy and paste any requested log information unless you are asked to attach it. Things I would like to see in your next reply.


Rather, you have Windows Defender which is installed but currently disabled. As a result updates are being attempted but the program is not really installed. There are remnants of Microsoft Security Essentials on your computer.
