I will try that but doesn't that put an exception for everything? Or is it just an exception for network locations? Does avast have some kind of log that I can see what's going on?
Here is what I have tried so far.
I have disabled the following shields: Mail Shield, Firewall Shield, Exchange Shield, Network Shield, Antispam Shield.
Under troubleshooting I clicked on Load avast services only after loading other system services.
I was thinking about unchecking Enable root scan on system startup and unchecking self-defense mode..
What do you think?