I tried enabling the Avast add-on “Avast Online Security” to test its impact on page loading.
Unfortunately web pages loaded much slower, so I disabled it.
Environment:
Avast Free Antivirus ver. 10.3.2223
Laptop running Windows 8.1
Firefox browser
Sample page that loads very slowly:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-theater-shooting-gunman-was-drifter-intent-escaping-cops-say-n397726?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=0da7ee8a98cbcb738ece054b78ef4e30
Michael B.
Senior Software Engineer (retired)
San Diego, CA