HonzaZ:
WPS Support responded this morning (Fri) stating that they were made aware of the issue today (Fri) and will contact Avast for more information and to ensure that their program is unblocked.
-Does that mean that Avast, WPS, or both have to provide a patch/update in order to resolve this conflict?
-If so, will you let me know once WPS Support (Kingsoft) has been in touch with Avast and found a resolution (patch/update/solution)?
In the meantime, I uninstalled OpenOffice because, although suitable for creating and viewing word documents, it does not allow imaged PDFs (that I have scanned and received from trusted sources) to be opened and viewed. WPS had PDF capability, which is one reason that I initially installed the software (along with word processing features), so I would prefer to reinstall WPS when a solution has been found.