I am running Windows 10 64 Bit Pro. Updated a few minutes ago.
Things I have already tried:
- Reboot
- clearing temp folder not sure why this was recommended somewhere but I did it
- scoured my folders to find any remnant avast folders didn’t find any
- run with administrative privilege
- uninstalled and reinstalled LAN, WAN drivers from mobo manufacturers website
- re downloaded the setup in case the original was somehow corrupted
- I have done the chkdsk and scan
This is my first time with this error. I have never seen this error before.
Why I reset my windows?
I was having trouble updating my nVidia graphics drivers for the past two driver releases so I decided to use DDU to start fresh but the issue still persisted and as a last resort I reset my PC fixing the graphics driver issue but now I am facing this one.
Any help is appreciated, thank you.
Update:
Tried reinstalling C++ redistibutable,
Tried DISM it was successfully completed but the error still shows up. SFC scan couldn’t fix the corruption either.
The error now shows up on start up.
Oof. Maybe don’t use that specific VPN…
Thank you. I am going through these now.
I did a restart and did a sfc scan again this time it says there is some corruption in the files so I am running DISM now.
Fingers crossed.
I paid for it. If it was free I wouldn’t even have a second thought and would remove the setup immediately. Also feel like this could be a much deeper issue as now I am getting the error at windows start up.
Tried DISM it was successfully completed but the error still shows up. SFC scan couldn’t fix the corruption either.
The only thing I can think of resetting but since I did it yesterday I am not keen on it and the second option is to wait and a lot of times it automatically gets resolved with updates.
P.S. saying things like “Oof” seem condescending in writing not sure if you meant it like that but it gave that impression to me, a non native English speaker. My belief is that even if someone is technically unsound or maybe plain dumb in comparison it doesn’t mean one should abandon civility.
Well avast has a reputation for selling any data they can get their mitts on, so if you don’t care about your own internet and data privacy then avast is fine to use. I personally wouldn’t recommend it.
As for a solution to your issue, try installing another VPN and see if it’s able to properly configure itself like Avast seems unable to. The only free VPN that I personally trust is ProtonVPN, but you can get a free trial with a service like Mullvad if you just want to verify that it works.
