Till when Avast will do such strange things? Protected... hmm, don't think so. Good thing is Windows Defender has stepped in, but don't know when. The EICAR test is quarantined by Windows Defender. Maybe Avast has for some reason turned off its shields but the UI and the amoeba show just okay. For a day or two i though that some update has turned on limited periodic scanning and that's why the icon is there, but when i hovered today WD said Protected. And the Avast amoeba stays just like "Hmm, i am doing my job, don't know why my white shield neighbor is here". The last time this happened was in Beta, seems that the issue is not fixed. I'll run the repair before you are able to tell me this but do something and fix it.