bob3160
Thanks for that. Tried excluding both the SP executable and the entire SP folder (via .)…no luck

Greggh
As per jimzachary post…again, no luck, regardless of whether I exclude the entire folder via Webshield exclusion or AV exclusion

Since this has now been reported by multiple users of both the Free and Premium versions of Avast, it is obviously a core Avast issue rather than being a problem with an individual PC. I know there’s no support with the Free version but since Premium users are experiencing this problem as well, is there any chance it can be formally reported to Avast and fixed. After all, the Squeezebox music eco-system has a a large number of computer-literate users all over the world so it’s hardly unknown.