mchain
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Got the exact same issue here too. Might be worthwhile to start a support ticket w/avast! and report back. Concomitant with that is an extension crash issue with avast! sandbox when run with Google Chrome; the New Tab page consistently fails to load on startup.
HangOut services module, AdBlock Plus, WOT, all three crash on startup, and the New Tab page never loads. Refreshing the page never results in reloading any of the three extensions or modules. Browser just stalls at initial loading with no content whatsoever. This is when Chrome is run outside of SafeZone only; otherwise, symptoms are exactly as you describe both inside SZ or outside.
Unlike Google Chrome, FF works just fine in avast! sandbox. No crashes. Both browsers work just fine in Sandboxie.
Did just trial MBAM version 2.00.0.1000 a few days ago, will check other members’ link to see what is going on there. Could be that the latest 2014.9.0.2016 avast! iteration may have fixes for all above issues, so will check that out.