Just installed new avast! BETA on my netbook and AOS was also not installed. I guess we’ll be able to check it out directly in the avast! HQ this time hehe
There is: AOS 12.4.1234.0!
In the past I used I SE very rarely, this morning starting I SE the first time on this machine, I began to use settings and
AOS came up immediately!
So, maybe it’s Firefox, blocking the new AOS! See screenshots, please.
After having deinstalled the old version ‘12.0.88’, I’ve no AOS at all and a repair of avast in the free version didn’t solve the problem.
BTW: The repair window is in English instead in German.
=Snake= aka HDW38
To install AOS, go to:
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\WebRep\FF48
Compress all files in this folder to ZIP archive. Then rename this ZIP archive from .zip extension to .xpi extension. Drag the given XPI file to Firefox. It’ll ask you to install it. Confirm.
Also make sure Browser Extension is enabled in avast! so it can interconnect with the extension, giving you additional features like the SafeZone activation when on banking sites which doesn’t work if you don’t have it enabled in avast! as well.
Browser Extension can either be installed or uninstalled in Avast (not disabled), created the .xpi as mentioned. Removed the ‘dead’ AOS in FF51.0.1 and restarted FF.
Dragged the renamed .xpi into an empty tab and it installed, but every thing reported in my Reply #15 is still present. Add-on enabled, but AOS icon greyed out, no results in searches or on clicking the AOS icon.
Tried all sorts of options/ideas, uninstalling the Security browser extension before drag and drop of .xpi, installing (no disable/enable) of the Security browser extension. No matter what I tried even though AOS was installed, it simply didn’t work.
I think because of the lack of a disable/enable in the AvastUI Security browser extension every time it is enabled (install Component) it undoes everything that has gone before.
Not sure this chase is worth the effort, it will remain uninstalled now.