Thank God for system restore. I have restored back to Avast 7.0.1407 and everything is now back to normal. All systems are go. For me this is the best option until Avast does a newer program update than 7.0.1426. I know everything is running as it should and dont want to waste needless hours doing this and that, to try and make my computer work properly, when all it required was the removal of what is to my computer, a flawed update!