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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: mrdoppelina on January 24, 2019, 03:12:05 PM

Title: why do you think chrome is a virus???
Post by: mrdoppelina on January 24, 2019, 03:12:05 PM

I'm growing tired of avast. Emails not working until I disable email shield. False positives for viruses. And now...chrome won't work until I disable web shield. What gives? Why is this happening? Do you know of the browser known as chrome? Why does this need a security check that will "take about 15 seconds" but...does not respond until I disable web shield? Should I disable all shields for my computer to function correctly? Perhaps I should go to Norton and have 20% functionality of my PC, that is probably better, at least the antivirus works, and does not stop normal functions from working.

answer please

Also...don't make a "contact us" link if you are just going to palm ppl off to your FAQ and forum. Circular links just piss ppl off

Title: Re: why do you think chrome is a virus???
Post by: bob3160 on January 24, 2019, 04:15:38 PM

I run Chrome and Avast. I also can't confirm Chrome being disable.
Is there any further information or a screenshot ???

Title: Re: why do you think chrome is a virus???
Post by: kwiq on January 24, 2019, 09:13:51 PM

Hi mrdoppelina,
I have not enough information to help you but may I ask you to try few steps :

1) disable avast self defence
2) rename "c:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswJsFlt.dll"  to "c:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswJsFlt.dll.org"
3) Start new chrome process

Let me know if it helped.
Thank you for report !
 

Title: Re: why do you think chrome is a virus???
Post by: mchain on January 24, 2019, 09:15:28 PM

Be sure to re-enable Avast Self-Defense when done.   ;)

Title: Re: why do you think chrome is a virus???
Post by: mrdoppelina on January 25, 2019, 01:34:37 PM

Quote from: kwiq on January 24, 2019, 09:13:51 PM

Hi mrdoppelina,
I have not enough information to help you but may I ask you to try few steps :

1) disable avast self defence
2) rename "c:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswJsFlt.dll"  to "c:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswJsFlt.dll.org"
3) Start new chrome process

Let me know if it helped.
Thank you for report !

I'm supposed to rename file extensions?

Title: Re: why do you think chrome is a virus???
Post by: bob3160 on January 25, 2019, 08:10:30 PM

Yes.

Title: Re: why do you think chrome is a virus???
Post by: rocksteady on January 26, 2019, 10:48:55 AM

By renaming the xxx.dll to xxx.dll.org you are obscuring the old .dll but not deleting it.