Solved the problem! Unlike others who had this problem (from my web search),
my problem was easier to fix. Or, perhaps, they did not know how to handle
the registry. I deleted all reference to Avast in my registry, rebooted, and
reinstalled the software. All went well, and all is well!

Peter

-----Original Message-----

Related to my switching the system to a another hard disk, my Avast
antivirus is no longer working. Worse yet, I can't reinstall it either. I
get a "Buffer overrun detected!" message for program "...\avast.setup" and
the install quits. Searching the web, I found that I am not alone, but I
could not find the cause or solution other than a complete reinstall of
Windows.

I am not too concerned because I will, in fact, be doing a complete new
install of XP on my newly arrived Pentium D Shuttle computer. However, I am
still curious as to why I get this failure message. No other programs seem
to be affected.


Peter
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