Avast being intrusive

[Petie]

Avast and, to be honest, most commercial anti-viruses (and especially their free offerings) have become pretty much worthless, bloated, sales pitches. Dump it and either go with a paid solution (Malwarebytes Pro or ESET, for instance) or stick with something like Microsoft's free Security Essentials and some common sense (along with Malwarebytes free to run manual scans, just in case).