Avast Secure Browser version: Version 102.0.16882.63 (Official Build) (64-bit)
After further investigation, I found the following file:
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\AVAST Software\Browser\User Data\Default\Extensions\nmebbcjdbhgggcgohlnlgadkmjiedfbc\1.2.341_0\manifest.json.
{
“author”: “Avast Software”,
“background”: {
“persistent”: true,
“scripts”: [ “js/background.js” ]
},
“browser_action”: {
“default_icon”: “img/icon16.png”,
“default_title”: “Hackcheck”
},
“content_scripts”: [ {
“all_frames”: true,
“css”: [ “css/main.css” ],
“js”: [ “js/content.js” ],
“matches”: [ “http:///”, “https:///” ],
“run_at”: “document_end”
} ],
“default_locale”: “en”,
“description”: “Automatically checks if you have been the victim of a data breach.”,
“differential_fingerprint”: “”,
“homepage_url”: “https://extension.avastbrowser.com/hack-check/learn-more”,
“icons”: {
“128”: “img/icon128.png”,
“16”: “img/icon16.png”,
“256”: “img/icon256.png”,
“32”: “img/icon32.png”,
“48”: “img/icon48.png”,
“64”: “img/icon64.png”
},
“key”: “MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAuWz5FyPveVmaW0eT/TDEAeSr27A8I0EyAUQpyc+bjv3Z/tx0hkpJlxhGPQYCWpvbvjgF/JWepovUBz30hGDNv8InLS/9CMTDxg0rOA5WoC7V4T7mLlcdoqaGe8AuMQ3SIXcUQ7dSnoLxciPT0I+JW7jXof+pKCsjPCUgmSD25Pn7Gv+FjjFQKxjHWAo9+BXDkGHLkxNhuKQBO5Ta2YJdDYQo/g22+tj0mrhHdc+McjOdH4I4FK/xvWYY/zi8P33XH2M9Z2iiAEwyH6HVJ2lQ+OTGKVrw/NgUNLcduhilAKlJOL7SahSlEEB4YopbpfZX2jpTuz01D7IS1HKcGfDoUQIDAQAB”,
“manifest_version”: 2,
“minimum_chrome_version”: “75.1”,
“name”: “Avast Hack Check”,
“permissions”: [ “activeTab”, “tabs”, “\u003Call_urls>”, “declarativeContent”, “management”, “storage”, “contextMenus” ],
“short_name”: “Hack Check”,
“version”: “1.2.341”,
“web_accessible_resources”: [ “html/*” ]
}
More investigation reveals that the Avast Browser has similar problems:
- Launch the Avast Browser
- Look in the Windows 7 Application log and note the browser warnings.
- Go to Settings>About Avast Secure Browser>Diagnostic Information
- Note the extensions shown are for the Browser.
- Go to Settings>Extensions>Select Developer tools. This will display the extensions for the browser. They are all Avast extensions it appears.
This may be related to what’s going on when I start up Windows 7 and Avast One runs.