Avast Free AntiVirus 2015 Web Shield: Exposure to FREAK SSL/TLS

Viruses and worms
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According to https://freakattack.com/clienttest.html …

Settings->Active Protection->Web Shield ON: Firefox client is exposed to FREAK attack.

Settings->Active Protection->Web Shield OFF: Firefox client is safe

Does AVAST recommend that Web Shield be turned off until the exposure is fixed?

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Update to the latest version: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=167184.0

3

Opera 12.17
All shields off.
Client is safe ;D

4

Asyn is correct…
An update to ver 2015.10.2.2214 not only fixed the FREAK vulnerability in in Firefox it also protected computer in other vulnerable browsers as well. Thanks!
Tested with…
IE 11.0.9600.17498
Chrome 40.0.2214.115 m
Firefox 35.0.1 (X86 version)
Firefox 38.0a2 (2015-03-07) (X64 version)

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An update to ver 2015.10.2.2214 not only fixed the FREAK vulnerability in Firefox
That is not correct. avast doesn't fix anything in FireFox, that is up to Mozilla to do. In fact avast doesn't fix anything in software that is not theirs, it just protects you.
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Read here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=167473.0

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