Updated Avast - now I get a popup every 30 seconds

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi computer experts! :slight_smile:

I have used Avast the past year with no problems, until today, I updated the lastest version, and now I am getting a pop up saying “Malicious URL Blocked” about every 30 seconds - very annoying. It says something abou t"Infection:
URL:Mal"

I don’t know if this is an issue with Avast - OR has something to do with other problem I have been experiencing the last week with my computer. I had downloaded IE 10, and all of a sudden my computer started acting wierd - mainly when signing into any website that required a password - things looked strange, like I was on somebody’s else computer, the colors and fonts changed slightly, and all prompted usernames and passwords weren’t staked up in a row, there were spaces between them. I corrected this problem by going back to IE 9, and everything started working normally again.

I have had other minor problems on this computer every since I bought it new a year ago, including my favorites in IE not working properly, and my screen resolution never staying where I put it, but don’t know if these issues mean I have some huge problem going on, or a bunch of small ones?

Does anyone have any advice, for someone that is not much of a computer expert (to put it mildly)?

Thank you in advance for any tips, help or advice, much appreciated!!

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Well what website is being blocked?

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I am haveing the same problem. The web pages that are being called malicious urls are all of them including all avast pages. The only way I found to stop it is to turn off network protection.

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hey a screenshot of that alert would be nice.

then i would suggest you follow this guide and let a malware expert help you from there.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

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hey please start a new topic and follow the guide i have posted in this topic a malware expert will help you from there.

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I am getting a pop up saying "Malicious URL Blocked" about every 30 seconds
this usually indicate that you have a infection... follow the guide Mikaelrask gave link to....start a topic in the virus and worms setion and attach the requested logs