Avast has never given me issues… until the last two weeks.
I reloaded windows 10 around two weeks ago and was on version 1703 and as soon as I installed Avast I started seeing the following behavior:
Every 5 minutes I see this in the Notification Area: https://1drv.ms/i/s!AvTOx7myssBHi8cBCE4geb5GJcOi7Q.
If I double click on the icon I get this: https://1drv.ms/i/s!AvTOx7myssBHi8cDqidJdfQ4TvMt_A (and click restart - but if fails again within 5 minutes).
If I already have the UI open I get this: https://1drv.ms/i/s!AvTOx7myssBHi8cCehnPkEXB4i0WVA.
I thought maybe it was because I wasn’t on the new Windows update so I updated to version 1709 (build 16299.64) [current].
However it hasn’t changed anything and I’m seeing the same behavior.
I have set the Remote Desktop Service to “Automatic” when it was at “Manual” (see below):
PS C:\Users\Conley> gsv termservice | Select-Object *
Name : termservice
RequiredServices : {RPCSS}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : True
CanStop : True
DisplayName : Remote Desktop Services
DependentServices : {UmRdpService}
MachineName : .
ServiceName : termservice
ServicesDependedOn : {RPCSS}
ServiceHandle :
Status : Running
ServiceType : Win32OwnProcess, Win32ShareProcess
StartType : Automatic
Site :
Container :
I have my whole family using avast and was going to buy the paid version this year, but after this I am not so sure.