Hmmm..........3.1 installed and runs fine on my W98SE with Avast, whereas 3.0 presented no GUI (but no other problems such as crashes BSOD etc.)...
I note people on (cough) another forum have had success installing from Add/Remove Programs (in Ctrl Panel) :-\ or removing protection in 2.6.1...
For what it's worth I get no Blaster GUI using my W98 with Avast set up (although it does appear in the task list !?) ???
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