Avast still crashes after Windows Restore

Avast forum,

I can’t believe that a professional anit-virus program
like Avast Internet Security, which I pay for, should
crash every time I have to restore my windows OS.

When this happens I have to uninstall the entire package,
sometimes I even have to use aswclear in safe mode. Then
I have to supply my license file and make all my personal
adjustments.

I have read many posts in this forum about this problem
and other antivirus programs in the past and didn’t have
this problem. Can’t Avast fix this?

jerryd

Are you disabling the avast self protection first, prior to the restore?

Really? How hard is it to program Avast to tell a Windows restore from a hack? If this is the only fix, why the hell is the answer buried in these forums?