Avast 2014 free edition
Win 7 Pro SP1 x64 (with all security updates installed)
No other firewalls, antivirus/antimalware programs (system is ran very clean)
Consistent error (restored from backup and tried many times)
Internet Explorer 8 x64 (64 bit edition of IE8) crashes
All addons/accelerators etc disabled
IE8 64bit will even crash when Avast 2014 is disabled
Problem not apparent with Avast 8.0.1497
Internet Explorer has stopped working
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX64
Application Name: iexplore.exe
Application Version: 8.0.7601.17514
Application Timestamp: 4ce7a313
Fault Module Name: StackHash_6c79
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 0000000004210000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 0000000000000008
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 6c79
Additional Information 2: 6c79a2540d2b6708f674fc66803b5b3d
Additional Information 3: 0835
Additional Information 4: 0835e8e9b95be22d5536749607ce7b36
Seeing a lot of posts about IE not working/crashing I decided to check my IE 10 a couple of days ago. Yes it stopped working, however, I kept it going for long enough to disable the Avast Online Security add-on and haven’t had any problems with it since then. Just checked again (as it is my last choice for browsers) and it is fine.
My IE9 stopped working on both my PCs today. Did as you suggested and disbled the Avast internet security plug-in and it works fine. Must be a problem with the latest Avast update. I’m avoiding IE until Avast fix it as I don’t want to browse without protection.
Similar problem IE8 on xp pro. Takes about 2 minutes to open and same when click to go to another site.
Disable Avast internet security plug-in and it works fine.
Same problem with the 2014 update and Internet explorer. have W7 ultimate (everything up to date) and getting a 50 second delay on each page load due to the Avast plug-in. Remove the plug-in no delay!
Obvious problem Avast , please fix it!
How did you disable the Avast internet security plug-in?
I’m’ running XP IE8 and And just installed and updated Avast 2014, then BAM…IE crawls or won’t work at all.
Thanks
These are sad days for Avast. I have been running and recommending their system for many years and have never had these kinds of problems. It was always the bloated competitors that had this stuff going on…
Thanks a million…worked like a charm!!!
I can’t tell you how many systems I have out there for neighbors, friends, family, etc set on automatic program updates that are going to run straight into this issue. Most of them I have not yet had a chance to migrate to FireFox or Chrome either!! YIKES my phone is going to explode as Avast pushes out these updates!! Oh Lord…
Just a quick note, I’m getting calls from my friends today who are running avast. WebRep (Avast! online security) has broken the Internet Explorer. Disabling the AVAST addons fixes IE. Chrome installed on the same computer running the addon works fine. Seemed to have started late Sunday morning or early afternoon.
Also worth noting, on my i7-2xxx, if I wait for and don’t touch IE, it does eventually open. When I look at the toolbars section, it notes that the Avast addon took 57.06 seconds to open. Maybe this addon does a “phone home”, and something is wrong with Avast’s servers? Weird Chrome still works. Disabled for now within IE
I’ve had the same issues as well under Win7 pro. I just put a fresh install of avast 2014 as my avast 8 quit updating today. IE was taking forever to start up. I found on those avast add ons, I only needed to disable the 2 32-bit ones in IE. I left the 64 bits on and my IE 10 works fine now (using 64 bit windows). I’m on Firefox 24 and that wasn’t affected by Avast
I am running 64-bit. Like everyone else, my explore just stopped working today. I found this simple instruction video to reset Internet Explorer. It worked quick and easy and it wipes away the extensions that might be a problem.
