I have noticed when I have Firefox installed on the computer, I get a warning about Web Of Trust (wot) add on. Bad reputation, warning in Avast Smart Scan.
I have the same add on in Chrome no warning, when I do a Avast Smart Scan, Now that I have reinstalled Firefox warning back again.
I backed up my Firefox bookmarks then I did a clean install of Firefox and had no issues with the WOT add-on.
Are you on the latest version of FF v56.0.2 ? FYI I’m running the 64 bit version.
What happens if you try a clean install of Firefox?
There are some who would agree that WOT has a bad Rep, not sure if you are aware of the stink some months back about WOT. Many dropped it right there and then.
If you feel happy to look after your browser add-on security, you can remove the Browser CleanUp component in Avast.
Thanks for you reply
The last stable version I used was FF v56.0.1 and now I am using FF beta version 57.0b12, ran a smart scan still getting avast warning about WOT.
I am using WIN 10 Pro 64 bit
Thanks for your reply
Yes I read about the stink with wot.
Thanks for showing how to turn off Web Browser reputation
I uninstalled Firefox on the 4 November no warnings about WOT.
Reinstalled Firefox version 57.0 on the 17 November, on both computers. First smart scan warning about wot, on both computers.
Have now sent a ticket as something wrong somewhere.
This points out that the ratings aren’t from Avast. That wasn’t my understanding when
the Avast Online Security module was first developed.
It was my understanding that Avast would use the outside ratings and it’s own determination to make a final ruling
as to good or bad. Apparently that’s not happening.