Hi!
I have been having intermittent problems with my internet connection on my computer dropping out (on my ASUS win 7 pro laptop) while all other devices remain connected just fine. I switched off the option for my computer to power manage the network adapter and i thought that fixed it but the problem has come back
Subsequently, I tried something that I had neglected before, I switched off my avast premier av and after this the internet reconnected straight away - what does this mean?
also once the internet reconnected Avast itself seemed to have completely stopped responding, it no longer could be accessed at all, no matter what I clicked on to reopen it, it would not even bring up the right click menu in the toolbar, yet its icon was still there - I find this concerning, naturally I did a restart once more so now I am back online and with avast going so it seems,
how do I get to the root of the problem here, what is causing avast to interrupt my internet connection and then itself stop working? am I under attack?