well, I had another BSOD caused by the Avast driver. Here's the whocrashed report-
computer name:
windows version: Windows XP Service Pack 3, 5.1, build: 2600
windows dir: C:\windows
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Intel586, level: 15
1 logical processors, active mask: 1
RAM: 1609547776 total
VM: 2147352576, free: 2048221184
On Fri 1/11/2013 4:24:08 PM GMT your computer crashedcrash dump file: C:\windows\Minidump\Mini011113-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: aswrdr.sys (AswRdr+0x1E01)
Bugcheck code: 0x1000000A (0x166, 0x2, 0x0, 0xFFFFFFFF804E5443)
Error: CUSTOM_ERROR
file path: C:\windows\system32\drivers\aswrdr.sys
product: avast! Antivirus
company: AVAST Software
description: avast! TDI Redirect Driver
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: aswrdr.sys (avast! TDI Redirect Driver, AVAST Software).
BlueScreenViewer says it's caused by afd.sys, Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock
Also, Firefox and IE are both crashing or freezing on me.
maybe it's time to remove Avast completly and go with MSEssentials?