I had a heck of a time staying in a StreanYard meeting
It happened after the update to the current beta.
I finally changed to a different computer.
Have no clue if this is related to the update or not.
Here's the information on the support file I sent in:
DE3UB
Since I never received a reply, I took matters into my own hands.
Since I had no problems prior to this last version (update) of Avast,
and the problem seemed to start right after the update, and since there weren't
any signs of any other problems, I totally removed Avast Free from the affected computer.
Problem SolvedThe computer also became more responsive. Shutdown function became quicker and so did the reboot.
The online sluggishness has vanished.
Currently that computer is protected by Microsoft's defender and it working well.
Time for Avast to step up, fix some things so that I can be persuaded to re-install Avast.