Strange Icon and Locked up computer

Over the last few weeks this strange icon has been appearing at the bottom of my computer screen and it has been locking up a lot lately. I am not sure they are connected. I have unready unistalled and reinstalled the software to no avail.

Hello,
Have you tried starting the computer in Safe Mode by repeatedly tapping the F8 key just as soon as the ThinkPad logo disappears from the screen to get to the Boot Menu? From there, you may be able to boot the system and then uninstall Avast from it's entry on the Start Menu.
You may want to check with Avast technical support, though, as they may have some alternate suggestions about how to solve the problem.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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