No, it's like it thinks it's broken. A few minutes ago, I my virus definitions got automatically updated, and it still says I'm "unsecured". Every shield is up and running. Last time this kind of thing happened, I had people hacked into my computer but they've since left the building, so to speak. Last time, I uninstalled and re-installed Avast, but then I started getting "Shield Unreachable", no updates would come on, and it wouldn't let me uninstall it. I had to have a guy come out to fix it.
I have Malwarebytes, and it's doing fine. I've had both Malwarebytes and Avast since a few years ago, and they've never had a problem before.