Avast blocking images on yahoo sites

system · 2015-09-09T18:38:56.000Z

So I started noticing Yahoo sites are missing their images and I checked on what’s causing it. I tried just about everything you could think of until I tried turning off Avast and the Web Shield is blocking the images on Yahoo. I tried putting exclusions but it doesn’t work 100% because some of the images uses different addresses and it’s difficult to figure out each of their addresses so the easiest way to deal with it is to turn off Web Shield. It doesn’t matter which browser I use or what else I do. It is caused by Avast’s Web Shield.

Pondus · 2015-09-09T18:53:03.000Z

Try this

www.avast.com > support > get help > FAQ … Search for https … See how to turn it off

system · 2015-09-09T19:07:01.000Z

Thanks man! It’s kinda odd though coz I checked on Yahoo’s certificate and it says it was approved by Avast Web Shield and yet they block all the images out.

system · 2015-09-09T19:38:51.000Z

So it worked! After turning off HTTPS scanning the images are showing up again. But I couldn’t help but wonder why does it only happen on Yahoo websites? Every other sites with HTTPS works just fine.

system · 2015-09-09T20:48:32.000Z

i have exact same issue. Ive emailed Avast and informed them. Hopfully they will fix this as it just started 3 days ago. doesnt seem right that ive gotta shut off web protection in order to render Yahoo home page images. very annoying

DavidR · 2015-09-09T21:25:31.000Z

ljcool_08 post:4:

So it worked! After turning off HTTPS scanning the images are showing up again. But I couldn’t help but wonder why does it only happen on Yahoo websites? Every other sites with HTTPS works just fine.

Lots of topics on that Yahoo.com HTTPS image issue in these forums - this has been acknowledged by avast and they are working on a fix.

system · 2015-09-09T21:40:54.000Z

I just wanted to post that Avast just pushed out an update which fixed the image loading problem for me. Thanks and keep up the good work! (Edit: I guess it’s not completely fixed, it loaded some images…but not all. So, still a problem.)

system · 2015-09-10T02:35:43.000Z

Add my system with Windows 7 to the list of computers that will not show images on Yahoo. As many of you have discovered, disabling Avast allows Yahoo to work ok.

Pondus · 2015-09-10T05:47:32.000Z

hanyo007 post:8:

Add my system with Windows 7 to the list of computers that will not show images on Yahoo. As many of you have discovered, disabling Avast allows Yahoo to work ok.

you only have to turn off https scan

system · 2015-09-12T13:03:06.000Z

Same thing happens here, but only with Chrome and Firefox. Images load with Microsoft Edge.

system · 2015-09-14T00:30:15.000Z

^Ditto. Same thing as of 13th of Sept-2015. Edge works fine, Firefox needs https scanning disabled.

I removed chrome on my setup because, for some weird reason(s), it or something else that used it, kept creating cookies(chrome cookies) without me USING chrome at all.

I think this started after I installed Win10, but I’m not sure. (Chrome)… (no phantom cookies since then, 1 week)

bob3160 · 2015-09-14T19:17:10.000Z

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1437840647533-69944.png

kolar · 2015-09-30T07:31:38.000Z

ljcool_08 post:1:

So I started noticing Yahoo sites are missing their images and I checked on what’s causing it. I tried just about everything you could think of until I tried turning off Avast and the Web Shield is blocking the images on Yahoo. I tried putting exclusions but it doesn’t work 100% because some of the images uses different addresses and it’s difficult to figure out each of their addresses so the easiest way to deal with it is to turn off Web Shield. It doesn’t matter which browser I use or what else I do. It is caused by Avast’s Web Shield.

Hi,

what version of Avast do you have?

DavidR · 2015-09-30T13:36:58.000Z

kolar post:13:

ljcool_08 post:1:

So I started noticing Yahoo sites are missing their images and I checked on what’s causing it. I tried just about everything you could think of until I tried turning off Avast and the Web Shield is blocking the images on Yahoo. I tried putting exclusions but it doesn’t work 100% because some of the images uses different addresses and it’s difficult to figure out each of their addresses so the easiest way to deal with it is to turn off Web Shield. It doesn’t matter which browser I use or what else I do. It is caused by Avast’s Web Shield.

Hi,

what version of Avast do you have?

The OPs original post pre-dates the fix.

system · 2015-12-19T15:38:49.000Z

Same here disabling https does not work.

Eddy · 2015-12-19T15:49:43.000Z

The problems with ssl/tls scanning have been solved.
Make sure you have the latest avast version installed.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=179855.0

system · 2015-12-19T20:23:45.000Z

Installed the latest version from your link and the problem still persists
no pictures in yahoo.
yet when I uninstalle avast and run with no antivrus for a few minuts
yahoo is all good so it definatly has something to do with avast.

bob3160 · 2015-12-19T20:23:58.000Z

Denis100 post:15:

Same here disabling https does not work.

The block isn’t from Avast. What other blocking software are you using ???

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1450556565881-49807.png

system · 2015-12-19T21:32:07.000Z

Yes it is because when I uninstall avast my yahoo works perfect.

bob3160 · 2015-12-19T21:33:52.000Z

As you see from my screenshot, Yahoo works perfectly and I definitely have Avast installed on my system.

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