Avast Java conflict in IE?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I am running Avast Pro 4.8 on a Windows XP box with Java 6 update 17 (latest version, AFAIK).

I had Norton Antivirus installed when I installed Avast. I uninstalled Norton, using the uninstall tool from Symantic’s website. Ever since, Internet Explorer and AOL 9 will not execute javascript. I’ve checked the security and advanced options in IE to ensure java runtime can be loaded and scripts executed. I’ve uninstalled IE and reinstalled, upgraded fro v7 to v8 with no luck.

Java works just fine in Firefox and Netscape 7.2 browsers, however - before and after the Norton uninstall.

I would just uninstall IE and wash my hands of it, but AOL is somehow tied to IE settings, and apparently javascript is used to display eMail header information … which I need to get at fairly regularly.

Is there an avast setting somewhere I’m missing? Is there a conflict or known issue I have not been able to find on these forums or in the KB? How can I fix this?

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Does Sun Java show in IE’s Manage Addons | Toolbars and Extensions?

You could try downloading Sun JRE again, and uninstalling, restarting the machine and reinstalling Java.

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Yes, it does. I have since uninstalled/reinstalled JAva runtime with no luck as well.

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avast will scan javascript on web pages, etc. and alert to infection, but it doesn’t block it, so there is no function in avast to allow javascript.

JAVA on the other hand it totally different to JavaScript.

Both are treated in the same way by avast, so if it working in firefox and Netscape 7.2 browsers than theoretically it should work in IE. So if this is an AOHell version of IE than that really would be the area to look.

I can’t help with anything AOHell related as I have avoided this proprietary service. So I dn’t know what else to suggest.

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Read about AOL:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=aohell

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Wow, thanks. That was tremendously helpful. ::slight_smile:

If I go to any site requiring Java - say, twitter - in IE or AoL, I get a message that I must have Java installed. Java is installed, it works in every other program I’ve tried. Since AoL settings are maintained in IE, it’s (most likely) an IE problem. And the problem started as soon as Avast became the primary antivirus on this machine.

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You can remove avast! then use AVG as you like to have some form of protection then you could ask for help in its forum. :-*

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One other thing you could take a look at is the Java “control panel” – it’ll be marked “Java” in your Control Panel. Under Advanced (last tab on the right), expand the “default Java” item and make sure you’ve got both MSIE and Mozilla Family ticked.

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I’m just surprised that JAVA works in Firefox and Netscape but not IE, so hopefully what Mike said may resolve it if only it were so simple at IE not being selected. However I fear it is something deeper than that.

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No argument there, David, it’s probably something much more complex and serious. But what the heck, how often do we go crazy trying to fix something only to forget, in the process, to check out the simpler possibilities, right? 8)