Stopped or in Inconsistent State - repeatedly

Several times throughout the day a red X appears through my Avast icon on the task bar. Once I click “fix now” it is okay for a few minutes. Why do I keep having to click “fix now”?

I have the free version and it is configured to update automatically.

I’m not alone… I have 17 friends/family who are having the same issue. We never had this problem with the older (blue) version. When I searched Google for “Avast inconsistent state”, I see where thousands of people are having this issue.

It’s free and I LOVED the old version. This new version doesn’t appear to keep my computer safe and I’m going to have to change to something else if I can’t correct this.

Thanks to anyone that can help.

How about the latest pre-release version, does it behave the same?