Quote from NoelC
Para-Noid, I'm forced to ask: Do you have actual experience resolving these kinds of issues with Avast! or are you just shooting suggestions from the hip? Your attention is appreciated, please don't get me wrong, but as a 37 year software engineering veteran I can work through basic things like repair and uninstall/reinstall myself. I was hoping for more specific help.
I'm just an avast user who knows from experience the first option of last resort is a repair.
If that fails usually, not always, a clean install is the next step.
We do try to resolve issues before a repair or clean install is necessary.
Most of the time it's something simple, like a simple reboot.
Other times it involves other software on a users machine.
If that's the case we dig a lot deeper.
Since yours was an avast issue the repair was the next logical step.
Then Alikhan suggested a clean install giving proper instructions.
And since he is helping you now, I will just follow this thread to see
if there is something to be noted for my personal use.
You are in excellent hands.