By turning off avast! do you mean you're turning off avast! entirely?
If so, try just turning off the Web Shield and see if that helps.
I did [turn off the web-shield], and that is what was causing the issue. -- "True Patriotism is more closely linked with dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security...I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist abusive state power." -Ron Paul
