(P.S. No, I will *NOT* disable my ZoneAlarm firewall! I hear that avast may cause a conflict, but that's unacceptable. It's up to avast to make itself compatible if it wants my support and usage.)
so that's your problem, you don't wanna ditch ZoneAlarm, fair enough, accept the consequences
... and no it's not up to Avast to to make itself compatible with ZA, it's up to ZA to quit developing software that conflicts with most AVs.
ps: if you didn't want to discuss anything, why did you even mention ZA... the answers that you got were expected weren't they... and btw, this thread is public, everyone's free to discuss the topic "freely"