Avast Premier and firewall not available 2020

April 1, 2020, the Avast program I previously had was updated to Premium. It updated with no problem.
When it rebooted, I had a notification that the Firewall was not on.

  1. I clicked to turn on the Firewall but received this message “Firewall not available.”
  2. I checked the forum for solutions.
  3. Windows Control Panel / Uninstall programs/ Avast / repair / reboot / Firewall still not available.
  4. I did not want to uninstall Avast/turn - off the Internet/boot into safe mode and use the Avast uninstall utility. (Last resort)
  5. I clicked ignore.
  6. I did a quick scan.
  7. The scan showed me that my Firewall was off, and would I like to resolve the issue? No, brainer, I clicked resolve.
  8. The Firewall connected. Maybe I just got lucky. :slight_smile:

Addendum: It works with Malwarebytes, Windows Defender, and Zemana Key logger for now.

I got this solution from Avast, it works for me, i hope it does for you.

Open Avast Premium Security → Press Menu in the Top Right → Settings → General → Troubleshooting → scroll down to Reset all settings and click on Reset to Default and reboot your PC

Running a Smart Scan (quick scan) resolved the issue of "Firewall not available) for me.