I can disable it manually by right-clicking the notificatiob bar Avast Icon and then clicking Stop; but i need to do this via a script program wich, with this version, hangs due to waiting for a confirmation. Presumably some DWORD has been changed which i must reset to normal, ie as it was in 4.7. This is an Adminisrator account and I really object to having such restrictions imposed automatically. There should at least be the option of selecting this.