Avast with MS Edge

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Okay, this is annoying. Have Avast installed and have for years. If I hit a website with Chrome, Firefox, Safari all is well. If I hit the SAME sites with MS Edge AND Avast’s own browser, we get blocked! Additionally, we get “Request is blocked with answers.microsoft.com” which we’ve never had!

I have scanned this laptop with Avast and 3 other scanners including a Linux Offline scanner - it is clean as a baby’s bottom.

If I remove Avast from Edge, no harm no fowl, everything is fine!. Add Avast back into Edge and same results, blocking the same sites.

Thoughts???.

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What kind of fowl? Ducks?

Exactly what extention of Avast have you installed in Edge?

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Yeah, it’s a DUCK. Don’t know what you are asking “exactly…”. Avast Online Security And Privacy Extension, V: 22.11.177". Chrome V: 22.12.4. See attachment:

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I ask because Avast has Web Shield, and protects you without the need for any add-ons or extensions to your browser.

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Ah, now I see. I do of course have the Web Shield installed, My take on this comment is the Browser Extensions are really not needed???

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I don’t use it, so I’m not familiar with it. I’m not sure what added protection it offers you might find useful.

The reputation component could be extra compared to regular Avast. I use Avast Free so I have limited options in terms of functionality compared to paid versions.

answers.microsoft.com seems clean according to VirusTotal so I really don’t know why Avast would block that.

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I think it is a misunderstanding of the term (should be ‘No harm No Foul’) rather than ‘no harm no fowl’ (a bird).

  • “an infraction of the rules more serious than a violation”

e.g. Remove Avast Secure Browser add-on, no problem.

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No shit Sherlock

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Avast Browser addons has some additional features like tracking prevention and cookie management, but for security wise (i.e. for Anti-malware), Web shield would be enough.

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Whilst I agree Avast Online Security is not much good, I still have it on Opera browser which I seldom use.
FYI. I had no issue opening answers.microsoft.com with that extension running (avast AV Free not Premium). So the fault could be elsewhere.
Anyhow you will not loose much by removing AOS extension from your browser.

I assume DavidR also means AOS not ASB add-on.

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Yes.
Still transitioning with the changes in ASB jumping to being a browser add-on for multiple browsers.