Problem "All your shields are turned off"

[DavidR]

I had a similar issue some time ago - on Avast Free - this is what I tried to resolve it.

Avast Tray Icon - You are Unprotected

The title says it all really - Recently I uninstalled the Avast Firewall component - basically it was having an impact on my system (old system see specs below post) and I dropped back to the Windows Defender Firewall. So why Avast is having a whinge about this and displaying a red circle with an X permanently in the tray icon (without saying why). All other shields for Avast Free are enabled and running, so this really is BS and no idea what it is trying to scare me into. I used avast for ye…

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