I’m using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, IE9 and the latest Chrome.
I’ve been using AVAST for a couple years already and nothing else has never been installed on this box as far as security software goes (beside Malware bytes).
Everything was working perfectly until yesterday, when I updated AVAST database/engine.
All of a sudden, no more HTTP connection can be made, even local (router admin). HTTPS works fine.
Temporary workaround: I unchecked “Scan web (HTTP) traffic”, everything back to normal, but I guess I’m now missing this protection.
What wrong with AVAST?
I’ve read an official blog post from AVAST about a similar issue back in April, could they have brought back the same issue again?
I have 2 virtual machines on this computer (VMWare workstations) both running XP and AVAST, same version, same DB and Engine update version installed, they connect just fine to HTTP with web traffic scan ON.
I’ve tried uninstalling/re-installing AVAST (twice with the AVAST cleaner) 3 times already.
I’m not going to change anything in my firewall (windows 7 default) as nothing has changed in there and everything was working just fine until the latest AVAST DB update.
I’ve performed a full scan, including a boot time scan with AVAST, nothing found.
Performed full scan with Malware bytes, nothing found.
I did a system restore to the date before the last time AVAST updated its DB/engine… HTTP working fine! Updated DB/Engine, BOOM, no more HTTP connections working, HTTPS works fine.
The strange thing is that on my VMWare XP virtual machines, this isn’t happening, even with the same DB/engine. Could it be a problem between W7 and Avast this time around?
It’s really annoying… I’ll run AVAST without web traffic scan for a little while and see if others report the sime issue on W7 or if AVAST team reports something, but if nothing comes up, I’ll just remove it and got to something else…
Thoughts? Ideas?