Missing icon

[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

 

[C]

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

Reboot.

C

 

[John John - MVP]

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

 

[Ben Stevenson]

The reboot did no good.

Reboot.

C

 

[Ben Stevenson]

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.

 

[Elmo]

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.

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