I’m using Mozilla Firefox as my default browser but I cannot to stay as my default.
If I click on a web link in an email in Outlook, it will open in Avast Secure Browser rather than Firefox.
If I reset Firefox as the default, it falls off 5 minutes later. This has been happening for a couple of weeks now despite having both Firefox and Avast running happily alongside one another for many years now.
I am not blaming Avast here, I am only asking the question: Seeing as the links from Outlook are opening in Avast rather than Firefox, is Avast doing something behind the scenes to continually override the Firefox default browser setting?
Your not alone, the Avast Browser keeps forcing itself to be the default browser on my computer as well. So far I have found that if I even open it once to do something when previously using another browser set as default. It will overide that setting automatically, the next time I go back to the other browser it is no longer the default. It seems to be doing this the last several weeks.
I find it interesting that you have found its Outlook as a possible trigger for the issue. I am going to try and see if thats what also triggers mine.
I myself, have filtered through the settings and cannot find where to turn it off from doing this.
And for you knuckle heads who say you must be clicking on pop up to set as default. THIS IS NOT THE CASE… There is no pop up… I am not making the choice set Avast to the default browser setting…
Same goes for giving the instructions to go manually to select your default browser… What part do you not understand ? Avast is automatically over riding to become the default browser no matter if another Browser is already pre set.
Either way if it doesnt get fixed there is a real solution that always works , it called uninstall Avast Browser.
I do not find any problem there working Avast Secure Browser on Windows 11.
For me, it works like a charm. Better than Brave having all my extensions installed.
Thanks for replying Kreed
Yes is really frustrating. It defaults back to Avast within 10 minutes of resetting. I’m not sure which app is causing the issue; Firefox, Avast or Outlook.
Links with’n Firefox work fine its just hotlinks from Outlook.
I’ve tried looking for settings in Outlook and there supposed to be ‘default browser’ setting but it seems to be absent in my version here.
I like Avast Secure Browser for its video download function but even that has been broken for many months now.
Its worse than meets the eye. Mine does the same thing suddenly after there was an extension suddenly added without my consent to the Avast browser. I was in WhatsApp web and had sent a message to a friend. I left that friend and went to another contact and came back to my friends contact screen and in the input is said Who are you I was still in the input and not sent. I have uninstalled Avast and doubt I will use it again
There’s a lot of this going about. I’m experiencing it with many apps I use. Good software companies that get bought out by bigger ones and the product goes to shit. Still taking our money though right?