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 Stevenson wrote:
> 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

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 wrote:
> 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

The reboot did no good.

"C" <nospamming@please.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:hegr2e$int$2@aioe.org...
> Ben Stevenson wrote:
>> 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

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.

"John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnot.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:#NMv1QRbKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> 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 wrote:
>> 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 Stevenson wrote:
> 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.
>
> "John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnot.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:#NMv1QRbKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> 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 wrote:
>>> 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

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-bootab...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/supe...freevspro.html

--
Joe =o)

Ben Stevenson wrote:
> 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.
>
> "John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnot.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:#NMv1QRbKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> 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 wrote:
>>> 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

It's an option in Avast, Settings|Appearance|

--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question