My Dell subscription to McAfee was running out so today I uninstalled it and put on Avast which I have used for many years. I had a problem with my network icon in the lower right of the screen (where volume is) showing a yellow explanation point indicating no internet access (but I did have internet access). I found other people who had this problem in the Avast forum. There were two suggestions, one was to go to settings...troubleshooting...and check “Load avast! services only after loading other system services”. The other was to go to Real Time Shields...Web Shield...Expert Settings...and check “Scan traffic from well-known browser processes only”. I tried both methods and they both fixed my incorrect network indicator, for now I am using the first method.
Can anyone suggest which method is the best or safest ? They both seem to work, is one better than the other ?
Thanks