After re installing Kaskersky, VPN split tunneling stopped working

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Hi, so, I uninstalled Avira and re installed Kaspersky (premium latest build just downloaded 3 days ago from my account) and now malwarebytes nor Proton VPN split tunneling work anymore.

They "just worked" before.

I can excluded apps from VPN but assigning apps to HAVE to use either of those two VPNs means they just get no internet connection. Have tried it with Firefox and Edge and Transmission, none work unless I disable split tunneling.

Is there some setting in the kaspersky firewall that by default might be causing VPN issues like this? Any ideas how to fix it? TIA