I’ve recently installed the free version of avast, and it seems to have done something to my settings so now I can’t log onto secure sites because the certificates aren’t being verified properly. I’ve tried uninstalling and it doesn’t help.
Has anyone else had this problem or have any ideas how to fix it?
Also, I get a bunch of spam mails with viruses most days and it’s annoying having to click delete for each one. Is there some way to set up a rule to deal with a certain kind of problem?
avast doesn’t monitor secure https: connections, they are encrypted and effectively can’t be monitored. avast isn’t a firewall so shouldn’t/can’t block. avast doesn’t check site certificates, it just checks http: traffic and alerts if an infection is found.
If you are regularly getting these infected emails, so as to be intrusive and not wanting to be notified about them, perhaps it is time to review your PC security. Rather than treat the symptoms, treat the disease. You can intercept these emails at source (your isp/services mail server) and delete them there, rather than download them.
I use MailWasher Pro, although it is primarily for Spam it is also easy to deal with suspicious emails. There is a free version, but this only works with a single email account. The Pro version works with multiple accounts.