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Offline ScoobyDoo27

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What is this orange bar around my internet browser?
« on: July 14, 2012, 03:34:34 PM »
Ever since I bought the paid version of Avast I have had this orange box around my Chrome browser and it won't allow me to download anything or allow any extensions. What is this thing called and how do I get rid of it?

http://imgur.com/VoMGJ

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Re: What is this orange bar around my internet browser?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2012, 03:36:36 PM »
You have set chrome to run in a sandbox

Open Avast and check that there is no tick in the chrome section here




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Re: What is this orange bar around my internet browser?
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2012, 03:41:19 PM »
I don't have that option. Is there a reason I don't. This is what my Avast options look like.

http://imgur.com/WwYsO (Sorry, this is the easiest way for me to show you a picture.)

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Re: What is this orange bar around my internet browser?
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2012, 03:49:22 PM »
I don't have that option. Is there a reason I don't. This is what my Avast options look like.

http://imgur.com/WwYsO (Sorry, this is the easiest way for me to show you a picture.)
That picture shows you have Avast Free  ???
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Re: What is this orange bar around my internet browser?
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2012, 04:01:38 PM »
Oh man. I feel like an idiot. Thanks for pointing that out to me. For some reason I thought if I purchased it online it would link my account and know that I had purchased it. I didn't realize you had to add the license key. I got it to work now. Thank you!

So just out of curiosity, if I only had the free version I'm forced to use sandbox mode on my browsers?

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Re: What is this orange bar around my internet browser?
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2012, 04:04:38 PM »
So just out of curiosity, if I only had the free version I'm forced to use sandbox mode on my browsers?

No, as there's no option to sandbox the browser in the free version.
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