IE 9

After the last upgrade of Avast free, Internet Explorer 9 will not run. Keep getting message Internet Explorer has stopped working. Have had to restore 2 computers to prior to the update.

Disable the avast! online security add-on.

If you are using Windows 7, download and install IE11. IE9 is far to old version to run.

As Alikhan mentioned disable Avast! Online Security add-on. For me I completely uninstalled Avast! Online Security.

Yes. Please upgrade your browser(s), if possible! http://browsehappy.com/

Newer versions of IE are faster and have numerous enhancements. IE11 runs fastest on my Pentium 4 @3.20ghz (compared to IE6-8 when my computer had XP, IE9 when it had Vista).

Regards,
~!Donovan

Is this what is called “Browser Protection” in the Custom Installation ?..see attached pic.

I’m looking to finally upgrade from Vast 8 and think all I am going to select in the “TOOLS” column of Avast Free is the Software Updater.

Correct

I'm looking to finally upgrade from Vast 8 and think all I am going to select in the "TOOLS" column of Avast Free is the Software Updater.
You should have no problems then - leave the 3 shields in the first column ticked though.