Cool so you noticed the same problem. Think about it...it's a bad HOLE. Maybe I will write an e-mail directly to Avast!. I have helped them with the english help files and so on...

. Anyway...happy to hear that it's not just me yet also worried for others. BTW - YOU can solve it by...terminating the WEB SHIELD provider and setting it to ask in Sygate. It will be inactive which will solve the above problem, yet at the same time disable a feature that could help when browsing the net (in terms of protection).
P.S.: I sent AVAST an e-mail informing them of this problem. I hope that it will be solved fast
JAN