Apparently this is a common issue, which I think is ridiculous. I've repaired Avast from within the Avast ui, I've uninstalled and reinstalled Avast from safemode, I've checked the behaviour and ransomware shield logs and neither of them SAY they were disabled, just activated when I turned my PC on and then activated again 15 minutes later when I activated them myself. If this problem keeps up, I'm switching to another antivirus. I hate to sound entitled but this is completely unacceptable.