Firefox Password Extension stopped working

Yesterday (2-14-2016) Avast updated its system and since then, the password extension does not work correctly with Firefox. I use the free version of Avast and my system is running Windows 10.

The icon is black in color and says I need to enable it to use it when I hover the pointer over it. I click on the icon and enable to two options given to me under “Website settings”, but as soon as I close the window, it automatically disables. None of the other buttons in the window work no matter how many times I click them, not even the “settings” button.

It also no longer automatically fills in passwords. The main Avast system still has all my passwords in it, it just seems like it’s the extension with Firefox that is not working.

Repair Avast:

  1. Control Panel → Add/Remove programs → Avast
  2. Click on ‘Repair’.
  3. Follow instructions.
  4. Reboot.