Yes, with a qualification.
When I installed Avast on RC2, I did not schedule a scan on reboot. Avast
appeared to have installed, both tray icons active, but Security Center
reported no Anti-Virus present. When I hovered over the icon, Avast
reported no providers. I then ran the program from the start menu and
found resident protection disabled. I was unable to move the slider bar to
set it to standard. Avast simply returned an error message (don't remember
the details).
I uninstalled Avast and installed AVG which did work but I didn't like it
so I unistalled it and re-installed Avast, but scheduling an initial boot
scan. Now working perfectly.
Michael