Among the programs list locate the Avast antivirus and then click on the Uninstall or Repair option.Now look for the ‘Programs and Features’ option, if you are unable to find it, change the ‘View by’ option to ‘Large icons’ and you will notice the option.Open Control Panel from the Start Menu by simply searching for ‘Control Panel’ in the search field.Here are some solutions which you can give a try to, which just might fix Avast and you will finally be able to use it normally – 1. As we mentioned earlier that if the Avast installation files are corrupted or if somehow the Avast antivirus service isn’t able to start then Avast start to misbehave by not working or not opening at all. Before we get into fixing Avast, you need to make sure that you are currently on the latest version of the Avast antivirus, if not update it first and only proceed to the next solutions if updating did not fix your problems.