Missing icon

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Ben Stevenson

I've got XP professional and IE7.

My anti-virus is Avast free Home Edition. Today I noticed the icon missing
from my Systems Tray. Went to Start/Programs and got the icon to my desktop.
Double clicked on it and found that Avast is there all right and working.
How can I get the icon into my systems tray?
TIA
 
Ben said:
I've got XP professional and IE7.

My anti-virus is Avast free Home Edition. Today I noticed the icon
missing from my Systems Tray. Went to Start/Programs and got the icon to
my desktop. Double clicked on it and found that Avast is there all right
and working. How can I get the icon into my systems tray?
TIA
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Reboot.

C
 
Maybe the settings have changed to hide inactive icons? Right click on
the Taskbar and select Properties and verify that the "Hide inactive
icons" box is not selected.

John
 
Did that, but the icon is simply not there.

Even though I've got the icon on my desktop, I don't if it is active during
browsing to ensure continuous protection, or is it simply there just for me
to activate to do anti-virus checks.
 
Ben said:
Did that, but the icon is simply not there.

Even though I've got the icon on my desktop, I don't if it is active
during browsing to ensure continuous protection, or is it simply there
just for me to activate to do anti-virus checks.
Click to expand...

Remove "Avast!" then reinstall. If that doesn't work, malicious
software is probably blocking it. Burn BitDefender, or another program
listed at the link below, to a CD (using a working machine) and test the
infected machine with it. BitDefender also has a Rootkit checker on the
Linux Desktop; run it if you think that's the problem:

http://www.techmixer.com/free-bootable-antivirus-rescue-cds-download-list/

Download the executable rather than the .iso image, if one is
available.. it prompts you to insert a CD and burns the file, no problem.

Then run these:

Malwarebytes© Corporation
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
 
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