Rocker,
Please understand that many here have different opinions on how to handle a "bug" or "problem" in a program.
I am old school and sometimes would rather go back to a working build whilst I fix the new version rather than sitting with a non-working system,
BUT....
the other side of the coin is that we should always try to move forward if possible, as Technical and VLK stated.
It is a fact that not all software will end up working with all other software. It is unfortunate but something that we must live with. That is why there are different vendors who make the same type of program.
We here on the forum do our best to solve unexpected problems with Avast. I myself suffer from frustration occasionally when I can't get things to work. Although I have a wide and varied knowledge of Avast, the Avast Team are the only ones who have the in-depth knowledge that is sometimes needed to resolve issues.
I do yield to your statement that users should be made well aware of the issues fixed by a new build or release.
Recently after updating to 4.5, I lost use of email for 3 days on all my systems. As it turns out, I was able to restore all but one because
I did not quite!
At times there is nothing you can do except Try and Try again....and then Try some more.
I will be away for a few days but when I get back will try to assemble some settings and fixes that I found worked to restore my systems in the hope that the information will serve as a guide to others.
This may become a mute point if 539 fixes things.
The forum is a bunch of really good people, but at times you will find very diverse opinions.