Shut down machine this morning, came back this afternoon, turned on computer & logged onto dialup connection: same thing again! No email, 10060 error, couldn't connect to email server, couldn't connect to Internet Explorer - 404 errors.
Opened Avast user interface, it showed 'Not connected to any Avast Account' [don't know what it's supposed to show there], clicked on Connect now. FAILED - nothing, wouldn't connect, no change, wouldn't update definitions.
Shut down again, rebooted, logged onto dialup ISP again, went to Avast user interface again, showed 'Not connected to any Avast Account' again, clicked on 'Connect now' again. Avast connected & updated definitions and now have access to email and Internet.
This is getting real tiresome! The problem is with the Avast antivirus program, I made no changes to my computer, defragged yesterday & today, scanned for malware & spyware & viruses, not my computer causing problems. What's it take get this antivirus to work? It's making my computer useless! The 'Connect now' trick didn't work the first time, so what am I supposed to do if it stops working completely?
How about an update to fix these connectivity problems that a lot of people are having with 7.0.1456 ? Hello???