Yahoo.com won't open

system · 2017-06-11T07:14:12.000Z

Window 7 SP1, 64 bits, IE11 browser, 6G Ram, 500G harddrive.
have Malwarebytes and Window Defender.
Just download Avast …program version 17.4.2294, virus version 170610-20

When first starting up, yahoo.com is my homepage, takes forever to load, more than 35 seconds.
I found other way faster, I just click google.com icon on menu bar, google come on in less than 3 seconds, I closed it then click on Home icon…viola…yahoo.com comes on.
Already did reboot, reinstall, clean browser, cache, defrag, etc, no differences.

Why is that? What can I do to fix that?

FYI…instead of google, I can do facebook, Netflix, Twitter plus others but not Yahoo.com

DavidR · 2017-06-11T08:01:35.000Z

I can access uk.yahoo.com without problem and pretty quickly. Even if I try yahoo.com, because of the geo tagging it automatically redirects to your country sub-domain.

Win10 home 64bit, latest avast 17.4.2294, VPS 170610-20 and Firefox 53.0.3. I don’t use IE11 or Edge.

system · 2017-06-11T22:50:13.000Z

Thanks…but it didn’t do before…just happen after new download…there got to be something else.

DavidR · 2017-06-11T23:36:13.000Z

You’re welcome.

Are you being redirected to a local yahoo.com as I am to uk.yahoo.com ?

Check out this topic related to Yahoo redirects, primarily I did a Yahoo search (ironic) on ‘stop geo redirect for yahoo.com’ there are some that are finding issued with the redirect just stalling. https://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3650643.htm

system · 2017-06-12T01:30:08.000Z

No, I am in USA…
when clicking home page, yahoo.com appears on address bar but nothing on screen…waited for more than 35 seconds or so, I just click on google via menu bar, google comes on in less than 2 seconds, after that I click on Home Icon, yahoo.com appears instantly.

Here’s what I notice recently, if I turned off AVAST or uninstall AVAST, yahoo.com comes on without any hitch.
I reinstall AVAST again…back to square one…has to do with AVAST programming or setting.

system · 2017-06-12T01:32:34.000Z

One more thing…it does not redirect to UK or anything else, just nothing on screen except for grey circle that keep circling around cursor…like it is waiting for window to open…

mchain · 2017-06-12T05:55:01.000Z

Hi kwikhotrod,

kwikhotrod post:6:

One more thing…it does not redirect to UK or anything else, just nothing on screen except for grey circle that keep circling around cursor…like it is waiting for window to open…

It is waiting for the redirect to complete, which is what DavidR wants to see: The actual final address you arrive at would be your clue.

Example: In Opera browser, with VPN active and on, the yahoo homepage appears as thus: https://ca.yahoo.com/?p=us whereas in Firefox, it is this: https://www.yahoo.com/

Both load normally, but both browsers also use adblockers; adblockers can prevent redirections from the intended page you wish to visit.

DavidR · 2017-06-12T08:06:29.000Z

@ kwikhotrod
I wasn’t expecting you to get redirected to uk.yahoo.com, that was just my example that people can get redirected to their local yahoo pages. Just to say that this redirecting goes on and could have an impact. Why it should only start now is strange.

@ mchain
Thanks - Interestingly your example https://ca.yahoo.com/?p=us doesn’t redirect to uk.yahoo.com.

I have Firefox block many connections from search results and some sites because there is a page redirect going on, that I have to allow. Whilst this can be a bit of a pain, I do prefer there to be some checks on redirects to a 3rd party site.

system · 2017-06-12T16:44:50.000Z

I see your point…it does not redirect. just grey circle on cursor keeps circling.

Here’s what I am doing this time. I stopped yahoo.com page from loading, hit F5 to refresh, yahoo.com comes back on instantly then I went to Tools > Internet options> Home page> Use current> Apply> ok> x.

seem to work ok, will find out after this pc is reboot.

DavidR · 2017-06-12T17:32:37.000Z

Fingers crossed.

system · 2017-06-12T20:41:46.000Z

No differences…

yahoo.com works great with avast uninstall.

could it be internet setting?

Let me get screen shot and post it here maybe there is different interpretation.

DavidR · 2017-06-12T21:25:50.000Z

I’m at a loss as to what else to suggest.

As I don’t have win7 64bit and in win10 64bit that has Edge as the default browser (I don’t use that) and would have to drop back to IE11. So I’m unable to test under your conditions.

system · 2017-06-12T21:54:41.000Z

see attachment / picture

system · 2017-06-12T21:55:58.000Z

I click “allow”… this is what I get… blank screen

DavidR · 2017-06-12T22:44:17.000Z

Do you have the avast Browser Security Add-on (Avast On-line Security) installed ?
I say this just in case as I believe it is no longer compatible with IE11.

Another option, have you tried disabling the IE11 SmartScreen filter ?

system · 2017-06-13T01:18:09.000Z

going to deleted that security add on…will find out soon.

system · 2017-06-13T01:24:41.000Z

:ding:…:ding:…:ding…Give that man a cold drinks and cigar…

Yep…it is fixed…now whole pc is much faster…

Thank you sir (DavidR), for sticking with me.

DavidR · 2017-06-13T08:04:42.000Z

You’re welcome.

Eddy · 2017-06-13T08:24:52.000Z

I wonder what will happen is IE is not started in protected mode with WebRep enabled.

DavidR · 2017-06-13T09:18:52.000Z

Eddy post:19:

I wonder what will happen is IE is not started in protected mode with WebRep enabled.

As far as I’m aware it would work, based on previous instances on earlier versions of avast, but it was more the SmartScreen that was the fly in the ointment.

I thought avast had stopped installing the AOS add-on (not WebRep) for IE11 because of SmartScreen and Protected Mode.

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