Avast Premier Security: Unable to "Turn On" the Anti-Rootkit Anti-Exploit Shield

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello,

Last Wednesday, I installed the Avast Premier Security antivirus. In the application’s user graphic interface I saw I had 3 notifications. When I clicked it, two of the notifications showed the recommendation to turn on the Anti-Rootkit and Anti-Exploit Shields, but when I clicked the “Turn On” green button, nothing happened. I tried several times, but I got the same outcome.

This screencast show what I was experiencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Y_KfaciSY

What could be the problem?

Thanks

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Repair Avast:

  1. Avast GUI → Settings → Troubleshooting
  2. Click on ‘REPAIR APP’.
  3. Follow instructions.
  4. Reboot.
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In this case a repair would be also my first advice.

But you can turn on/off Rootkit - and Exploit detection in the settings as well :

Avast > Menu > Settings > Protection > Core Shieds

Greetz, Red.