This was posted as a reply to another users similar problem in the GENERAL section of the forum but I thought I’d re-copy my reply into here as it seems more apt to the issue.
I’m a new user of AVAST Free and the webshield stops my youtube videos playing after a couple of seconds.
Also the webshield will not allow me to click on a thread link in this very forum! This does not seem to happen all the time.
If I stop the webshield ALL the problems go away. Start it again and they all come back.
Win 7 - and latest version of AVAST.
This was a fresh install of AVAST - I properly uninstalled my previous antivirus software.
I’ve uninstalled AVAST - then re-installed it - rebooted 3 times - and even after all this all CHROME you-tube videos stall after a few seconds of playing.
If I stop web shield it plays - if I start web shield it doesn’t play. I’ve played around with un-checking some of the web shield settings but even with them all un-checked I still get the same infuriating problem.