DavidR
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That is where the information is displayed, not that it covers the tray ‘icon,’ e.g. the Yellow triangle with the ! exclamation point indicates that one or more of those conditions, that are monitored is present.
So instead of getting the normal avast tray icon that rotates, you get one with an avast icon with a Yellow triangle with the ! exclamation point (doesn’t rotate), see image.
That could be one or more of the shields not started, or the virus definitions out of date (greater than 7 days old I believe).