Private VPN advice please

Dear All

I have a VPN from an independent firm (PIA) but it is blocking my avast internet sec on my laptop, andriod. States some shields are tuned off and when i press turn on, it fails to work. Can anyone please advise how i can tweak this?

Many thanks

M

Perform a repair of avast.
If that doesn’t solve it, perform a clean installation of the latest avast version with the offline installer.

Repair Avast:
Control Panel> Program and Features (Add/remove program)>Select Avast> Select Repair. Reboot when completed
https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB204
If Repair doesn’t fix the problem, try the following:
Clean Install of Avast:
https://goo.gl/4Ptzkf