"I have "unchecked" "Act As Server" setting on all 5 Avast items
under Sygate "Application>Advanced" setting; have you
done likewise ?"
I'm trying that, but why do I have only 4 Avast items in that list (antivirus, email scanner, service gui, web scanner)? What is the one you have that I don't?
The latest Avast update has to be connected to the problem, it happened right after so it can't be just a coincidence.