Ok before th update there were like 8 shields, suddenly now there are only 3. What happened? Is something wrong with my avast or is this intentional? Why remove the other shields?
There are three now. They got merged, I think to reduce overlap in code. So nothing wrong with your installation.
See - Avast! 2014: Some Shields are missing - http://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB89#idt_09