I cannot surf non-secure sites with my newly purchases Avast 7. What settings are applicable?
Do you mean https sites?
Which was your older antivirus and firewall before avast?
This is more likely to be something blocking avast, since avast doesn’t monitor https (secure encrypted) traffic you are able to visit those sites.
What is your operating system and firewall ?
Does it allow avastSvc.exe internet access ?
- If it does delete the entry for it and reconnect to the internet, this should force the firewall to ask permission again.
If you had a previous AV (as Tech asks) if it is still installed or you have remnants then this could conflict. Ensure that you have uninstalled your previous AV, it may be worthwhile also running their removal tool:
- Uninstall possible remnants of previously installed AVs see, http://singularlabs.com/uninstallers/security-software/, this has a collection of manufactures removal tools, so that should remove any remnants, registry, etc.