avast 2014.9.0.2011 is mature.
I'm an IT guy..........IMHO not even close.
I've been reading the forums, written code for years and launched software packages myself.
V9/2014 is a new re-write.....clearly and it has a lot of warts.
Deflecting to....."well 200,000,000 people can't be wrong" is not a defense....not to the well versed.
Your guys are moderators and should know the better indication is the
type and frequency of posts.....it is telling.
I'll upgrade at some point but waiting until things stabilize more.
If you choose not to do as Eddy advised are you willing to attempt a repair?
Control Panel>Uninstall a Program>double click "avast"click "repair">reboot
This is good advice and will try that if my other tests don't show anything.
If you are unwilling to accept our advice/suggestions there is very little we can do to assist you.
....Again......advice is not "hey just dump the solid software that has worked for years and try our new version".
Frankly I only posted to see if this is a known issue seen before or if I'm missing something in a config.
I'll do some testing since I have 3 machines that exhibited same problem....and one not.....hopefully correlate something and ID.