Do you know if there has been any contact between avast! and ZoneLabs. I’d really hate having to drop one of them.
Have you researched what is happening?
Does it hang when avast! scans ZA at start?
Or when avast! check on internet while ZA is starting?
Everything hangs in the middle of the avast! globe turning just as ZA client is starting. And only at boot time.
System is stable as can be if the boot just is OK…