Firefox ‘will update’ it is just that the WebRep in the current avast 6.0.1203 build isn’t compatible.

  • The fact that you don’t see the WebRep or it doesn’t work with the current firefox version, doesn’t lessen the avast protection. You still have the Network Shield blocking known malicious sites and the Web Shield pre-scanning http content before it is displayed/run in your browser.

The WebRep is purely reputation based on avast user input. Later when the avast! virus labs start inputting information of detected malware, etc. into the webrep database, then it will be more of a security feature than just a reputational tool.

The latest beta build of avast 6.0.1279 and the webrep does work with FF 6.0.1 and later FF beta builds. So in due course when the next program update is released it will work.

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