latest update not playing with Snergy

Help!
I have been using avast! free for years with synergy to use a single mouse and keyboard with three computers. As of the 2014 update synergy no longer works. I did a windows restore to the old version and every thing was fine. Then Avast did an update in the background and I had to restore again. There must be an easy fix but what is it? Thanks in advance for any help.
John

You can set avast! program updates to do manual program updates only. Default is automatic program updates. You will get a notification that a newer version is available. Ignore.

Do your restore offline, and set it up as above. Then go online to get your latest vps definitions.

When did that change ??? VPS updates have always been automatic by default.
Program updates have always been set as “ASK” be default.