bob3160,
You may have posted here often, but you apparently are a BOT or you don't really READ the issues posted here.
Funny though, you said "Turning off the firewall means you are protected from the firewall included in Windows."!!
Protected FROM Windows Firewall? heh heh... many think Windows Firewall is not so good, but not sure I need to be protected FROM it.. BY it, perhaps.
I DO prefer Avast's firewall protection, it has served me well in the past and better than Microsoft's attempts at running a firewall.
Telling people to go to the Avast settings or individual programs for this issue is also totally ridiculous! It happens before anything has been run!!
This is NOT a new issue, and it was reported to them during Insider testing and I have been told by Avast to roll back to 1809 rather than deal with the problem, that is WHAT Insider testing is for! Avast has known about this a long time and it SHOULD have been dealt with before now.
Your comment of "Hopefully by Mon. Avast will hone in." is pretty silly because they have had MONTHS to correct this. It's still here. Not holding my breath. Might be sorry I recently re-subscribed.
I am still concerned that they either could not fix this or just plain can't. Either way is disturbing for a company with the user base they have.
... Blarney is not always BS! ....
BTW, Been using computers since 1979, Owner since 1982, PC builder since 1990, WINDOWS user Since Windows 2.0! Kinda familiar with software, Microsoft, and updates (Windows 8 is the ONLY version I have not purposely run!)