I have Commodo free firewall (firewall only). I have tried disabling it, removing any Avast rules, no change.
I get no warnings or errors when trying to update defs or program, it searches then returns with the reported version unchanged, no warnings, messages, or any other indicator.
Windows 10 21H2
Avast ver. 22.8.6030-build 22.8.7500.749
To update Avast license, there's a portion of the main screen that says my free AV license is no longer valid and a green "REACTIVATE" button. I press the button and get the "Select your security level" screen, I click on "SELECT" button from Avast Free and get a screen that says "Thank you for activating Avast Free Antivirus". When I close that (because I don't want to upgrade to paid version, it goes back to the main screen and still says my free AV license is no longer valid. I can also click the red "ACTIVATE" button which does the exact same thing.
I have no proxy server, VPN or AV other than Avast.
Thank you for your assistance.