I uninstalled Avast

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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;D :frowning:

The uninstaller did a great job. Searching the registry and HD fir remnants returned very few results. :smiley:

The reason I did it was because it was screwing firefox. firefox would stop loading pages after a few minutes of surfing. After trying all else, I disabled Avast and the issue was gone. My computer has also become much quicker and snappier. Now I have downloaded Avira ( with which I also had some issues, that was why I switched to Avast) and before installing it I decided to ask the Avast geeks and experts if they can change my mind. :-\

Cheers

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Hi…

What operating system are you running and what is your “make and model” of computer?

Best Regards…

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Hi,

xp pro with all updates
comp is a diy with core2 duo

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When I was typing the title of this post “I uninstalled Avast” I was expecting some smart guy to come and say “who gives a shit” ;D

but I guess “no reply” means the same, just lacking smartness. :smiley:

take care

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Are you using Firefox 3 ?

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Which firewall do you use?
avast should mess nothing with Firefox…
Are you using ThreatFire? Any other security program?

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Thanks

Since a couple of weeks I have been using my routers firewall. Before that it was windows firewall (with same issues)

SpywareBlaster is installed and spybot with the realtime scanner ( I think it is called tea timer) disabled. ThreatFire? I don’t even know what it is.

My Firefox version is 3.0
I was using the latest Avast free version.

I did try disabling Firefox plugins like firegesture and Noscript. They had nothing to do with it.

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I bet your Firefox installation is somehow corrupted and not from avast.
I have problems with Firefox extensions a lot of times… the interaction between them make difficult to troubleshoot. Each computer has a different set of extensions installed ::slight_smile:

ThreatFire (known by messing Firefox extensions) is a HIPS security program (http://www.threatfire.com/download/).

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Would you mind describing some of the problems you have with firefox extensions?

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Basically, installation and updates can’t be performed. ThreatFire does not show a warning message, it just block something in the background. When uninstalled, the extensions are back. Common extensions like NoScript, All-in-one-sidebar, etc.

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All right
thanks

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You’re welcome. Is everything right now?