I just registered so I could reply to all of this nonsense. The new interface is horrible, the ads are annoying, and every year it gets a little worse. I've used Avast for close to 10 years now, but tonight was the final straw. Out of nowhere, Avast decides to go commando and create a big ordeal over a modified start orb in Win 7.
I had a couple of options.
1 - White list explorer.exe in Avast (have fun getting that done with the haphazard interface Avast provides)
2 - Undo my mods, or brutally run SFC and replace any modified system file (no thanks)
3 - Uninstall Avast (this was far easier, didn't cost me my mods, and frankly was long overdue)
I'm not into rants on forums, but seriously this was the deal breaker. Avast needs to go back to its roots, there's a reason Avast was popular and made its way to #1. It certainly isn't the stylish and innovative nonsense that I just removed from my pc.