Since you mentioned privacy - AvastUI > Settings > General > Privacy - have you unchecked both of those options ?
I unchecked Participate in data sharing but I still have the Participate in the Avast community, I wonder if unchecking that would have any impact in this regard.
Thank you, I did not know of your posts - sorry.
I have unchecked the last box now (Avast Community) and will wait for the next Avast program version update and see.
There do seem to be a lot of them (Program updates) almost streaming