How To Stop Search in Address Bar?

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Sorry if this is an old topic, I have just encountered it - I do not want any Searching in the address bar - but I do not see a way to stop it - If anyone knows how to stop it, please let me know. Thank You. :slight_smile:

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Do you mean the Search bar in the middle of the Secure Browser? See attached.

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Hi, no, I was not referring to the Search bar in the middle of the browser - just the Address Bar at the top. I found that it is also happening in Chrome and Firefox - but Firefox has switched back & forth on its own - between ā€œPaste & Go, & Paste & Searchā€. This does not seem like a friendly thing - but virus & malware scans have not found anything harmful.

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Best to attach a screenshot of exactly what you speak of.

See below: (Firefox address bar)

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  • I had put 2 screenshots, donā€™t know why only 1 shows. - The first showed what I have always seen, and what I would prefer to see when Right-Clicking in the Address bar - Paste, and ā€˜Paste & Goā€™. This one shows it only offering Paste, and ā€˜Paste & Searchā€™. Here it is only doing that for the word, not the Site name, but I have seen all browsers do it unpredictably on some Site names, but not others. I donā€™t know what makes the difference. I never Search in the Address bar, itā€™s not a big deal, just a preference, I donā€™t like to clutter it. So when I type in a full Site name, I would like it to just go there. If I want to do a search on a full Site name for some reason, I do it in the Search bar, or at a Search Engine Site. Thanks. :slight_smile:
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What version of ASB are you running?

I have version 122.0.24198.94 latest version.

Attached below will show drop-down list from address bar is as you say it was on yours and is on my system.

What would likely make a difference for you is that Avast had to change their GUI interface. See this topic: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=326174.0

Suggest reading entire topic as it relates to graphic user interface changes avast had to make recently.

Could be a language translation error in the gui if not in English, but some other language?

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Hi, I read through the link you shared, and I guess it may be, but I donā€™t have any way to know if this is directly related to a GUI-change ā€¦

And, as I do rarely, but sometimes, when things seem unnecessarily problematic, I did an Uninstall-Reinstall. So I imagine that would provide the latest version - but it does not seem to have - it is a lower version than what you showed, I donā€™t know why, maybe because mine is the free version ā€¦

& English is (at least should be), only language in any settings.

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You can manually update Avast Secure Browser. See attached below:

  • Click 3 dots upper right corner.
  • A drop-down list will open.
  • Go to bottom of list and click ā€˜Help and About Avast Secure Browserā€™ to see current browser build.
  • Click ā€˜Updateā€™ if available.
  • Restart

[Edit:] ASB is free version also.

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I just checked there again, thereā€™s no update available right now, and for whatever reason, as in the screenshot above, it shows I have a lower number version. Hopefully not a problem.

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Check again.

Avast servers are all over the world, and deploying updates do take some time to complete.