About the ZoneAlarm you’re using - is this the brand new build (released about a week ago)?

www.microsoft.com www.avast.com www.bbc.co.uk

Thanks for puting us to such a respectful company ;D

If I then turn off on-access protection, suddenly the avast web site loads up instantly.

Hmm, strange indeed. So you don’t have to refresh the view - it really loads just after you stop the avast on-access scanner?
Can you confirm that it’s the WebShield provider that is causing this?
Or maybe the Standard Shield?
BTW is it enough if you pause the provider (instead of actually stopping it)?

Thanks
Vlk