so i called support -

I was told that he could fix all the things if I subscribed to a yearly 180 dollar service. I don’t have 180 dollars the questions that followed

Me: So it isn’t likely that Avast has caused this issue I am having?

Him: No you probably have malicious exe’s causing problems

Me: So you are saying Avast didn’t work?

Him: well…

Me: So if it is not Avast then why are the other computers working fine and mine being the only that was effected, and the only thing that has changed on my computer is that update.

Him: Well its a strange councidence

Me: Really what about the forums postings I found dating back to 2008 of users having the EXACT same problem?

Him: We don’t recognize any other forum than Avast.com being valid

Me: Really because the fix that got me on websites was from the Microsoft forum, the reply I found being from one of their tech support

Him: Well we don’t recognize those forums as being accurate

Me: Ok tyvm for you time

Him: Ok have a blessed day

At this point I uninstalled Avast and reinstalled AVG

Guess what

Problem solved…