Avast background shields and firewall keeps disabling for no reason?!?!?!

So this recently started happening when I updated to the latest version of Premier. Avast everyonce in a while will have its firewall and shields get disabled, followed by my internet momentarily going out. It then asks me to restart my computer when I turn the shields and firewall back on (except I think it is needing to restart to turn back on the firewalls).

I tried the repair option with the avast installer and it didn’t fix the issue.

Could this be a virus doing this?

  • OS…? (32/64 Bit…? - which SP/Build…?)
  • Other security related software installed…?
  • Which AV(s) did you use before Avast…?