My Avast recently did an update and I noticed all of my exclusions and application control settings are gone (which is really starting to piss me off). I have since applied them again, but several of the software(s) I use is STILL being blocked despite it's file path having an exclusion in the File Shield, Firewall, and Behavior Shield.
This is extremely frustrating, and I recently renewed my yearly license... Strongly reconsidering after having been an Avast customer for 10 years.