Right now, ZA and MS Updates and avast aren't working well together.
Does that mean a problem with avast only if
both of the others are present? I've had no problems with avast and the last MS updates, but use Comodo rather than ZA.
Probably off-topic ... I did have a connection problem starting yesterday, but long enough after those updates that I doubt there's any relationship. The great support team at my ISP, after running through standard checks and getting nowhere, finally walked me through converting my router-modem from bridge to "multimode", whatever the heck that is, and that worked like a charm.