system
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How I remove the avast! icon in Firefox? (via control panel). The settings aren’t kept, the boxes are checked are precisely the one I don’t want to (see screenshot). In addition, this feature doesn’t give any info with regard to advertorial tracking, web analysis and “overig geblokkeerd”. Plus I use “https everywhere” and "Ghostery to ensure my privacy.
thanks for the assistance!
greetz,
Martin
Edit: have solution (disabled addon), please remove this topic
bob3160
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Protecting your privacy may be nice but using https prevents avast! from blocking the nasty things
it usually finds on the internet.
Realistically, privacy on the internet is non existent. I personally would not compromise my protection
in order to gain a false sense of privacy on the internet. 
system
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Firefox → Tools → Add-ons → Extension → Disable avast! Online Security
system
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Sorry, I choose the wrong word, I meant protection. It’s not so much about privacy - I agree with you 99% on your view - but the meddling of avast! with my social media settings. Like I said, the settings aren’t kept. Tracking of ads of various websites is being dealt with via Ghostery. And: isn’t webshield enough protection from ‘nasty things’(aside from the other shields)?
I like to think I’m pretty well protect as it is (at least I was prior to the installation of the avst! icon).
Honestly, I don’t see yet the major benefits of this icon, while you have AIS with it’s shields and so an. I get the same feeling with ‘safezone’: nice feature, but annoying and not thoroughly thought true. Just my opinion.
system
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Btw: I have disable ‘https everywhere’ with regard to avast!IS. And disabled the avast!addon in Firefox (for now).
system
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Martin,
For the settings to be kept, you need to keep cookies - see attached Firefox settings.
system
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Martin,
For the settings to be kept, you need to keep cookies - see attached Firefox settings.
Yes, so you've told me. That cookie-box in FF, was ticked off, as shown in your attachment. It may very well be something CCleaner (kept everything pertaining to avast!).
But I have disabled this addon in FF. So no problems (for now).
Thanks again!
Martin