Last post. I submitted the issue to Avast Tech, and the following is the reply I received. Apparently, this will require a “fix”:

Hello,

It will be fixed in the next version of avast! program.

Miroslav Jenšík
AVAST Software a.s.

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Ticket ID: ZXJ-457979
Department: [ENG] Technical support
Priority: Default
Status: On Hold