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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: CraigB on March 25, 2011, 03:06:09 PM
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As the title state's this is not working for me on two win7 64 bit systems running the ie9 32 bit browser, also checked on a friends 32 bit system with win7 and ie9 and nothing there either so was just wondering if this is a common issue and known problem with ie9 or just my systems ?, YoKenny say's that it's working for him on his system so i cant work out why its not on mine ???
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No activity here W7 with IE9 :'(
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No activity here on IE9 either...............Well, that's because I got tired of the shield running 24/7, yet NEVER scanning a single, solitary item..........So I uninstalled it. ;D
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Good to hear that im not the only one then :)
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Actually Script Shield doesn't support IE9 and firefox4....
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As the title state's this is not working for me on two win7 64 bit systems running the ie9 32 bit browser, also checked on a friends 32 bit system with win7 and ie9 and nothing there either so was just wondering if this is a common issue and known problem with ie9 or just my systems ?, YoKenny say's that it's working for him on his system so i cant work out why its not on mine ???
Win 7 HP 64 bit, IE 9.
I did report it earlier : http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74149.msg616738#msg616738
Scott's also experiencing the same thing : http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74149.msg616851#msg616851
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Mine only supports windows media player :P
windows 7 32bit sp1
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Mine only supports windows media player :P
lol! Ditto
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So it seems the problem is across the board which is releaving for me to know since it is not just a problem at my end which brings me to wonder why YoKenny say's it is working for him, he supplied a screen shot here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74515.msg617712#msg617712
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I dont think that his scripts in foto are from ie9.
For me , i open 3 times windows media player and in stats says 400 script total last week.
For him says 200 scripts total last week. When script shield was working for me with ie8, i had with the usage of one hour from internet explorer above 600 scanned scripts per hour.
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I dont think that his scripts in foto are from ie9.
For me , i open 3 times windows media player and in stats says 400 script total last week.
For him says 200 scripts total last week. When script shield was working for me with ie8, i had with the usage of one hour from internet explorer above 600 scanned scripts per hour.
I discussed that today with kenny in a pm as to wheather he was sure it was scanning in the same setup as i had described to which he answered that his was scanning as he pm'd me with win7 ie9.
I do get activity with the media player by the way.
Im starting to think kenny was pulling my leg ?
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I can confirm script sheild does not work yet with windows 7 64 bit ie9, I was thinking it was because ie9 was not released but now that it has been released avast needs to get it to work.
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Script Shield is designed to scan Windows Script Host activity the great majority of which was generated by Internet Explorer activity in prior versions of IE.
MSFT redesigned the JavaScript engine in IE9 which as I understand it eliminates the reliance on Windows Script Hosting. Therefore Script Shield is rendered irrelevant with respect to Windows Script Host activity and IE9 as IE9 does not use Windows Script Host. As a result there should be very little activity in SS if you are using IE9.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/03/18/the-new-javascript-engine-in-internet-explorer-9.aspx (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/03/18/the-new-javascript-engine-in-internet-explorer-9.aspx)
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/microsofts-new-javascript-engine-codenamed-chakra-for-internet-explorer-9 (http://www.thewindowsclub.com/microsofts-new-javascript-engine-codenamed-chakra-for-internet-explorer-9)
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No activity here W7 with IE9 :'(
same there :(
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Please make it work with IE9......
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Please make it work with IE9......
+1
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What about us Chrome guys? :P
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What about us Chrome guys? :P
I am afraid that people really do not have the correct idea about Script Shield. http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74448.msg616766#msg616766
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Im starting to think kenny was pulling my leg ?
I'm not pulling your leg.
This is the current Script Shield on my Windows 7 system and I am using IE9 64bit.
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The Script Shield will, most likely, be extended to some other browsers, and improved even for IE. But - it will take some time (probably won't happen this year).
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Im starting to think kenny was pulling my leg ?
I'm not pulling your leg.
This is the current Script Shield on my Windows 7 system and I am using IE9 64bit.
I have 0/0. On version 6,0,1000 I had about 600/0
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Im starting to think kenny was pulling my leg ?
I'm not pulling your leg.
This is the current Script Shield on my Windows 7 system and I am using IE9 64bit.
The problem is that image is proof of nothing as it doesn't show what is being scanned.
Only the actual script shield UI would show what was actually scanned. So unless you actually have that UI open and watch it like a hawk and see that it is scanning web based scripts whilst browsing with IE9 that image doesn't provide proof.
Even when it shows a web based script being scanned, it isn't necessarily as a result of IE9, see my image and I use firefox which isn't supported. So that occurrence is a a non-browser http connection (when I reinstalled winamp today).
So for me other than when I ran either WMP 11 (now completely uninstalled) or winamp the total daily activity for the script shield was 0/0. Yes on earlier versions of 6.0.x I had a much greater script shield activity in 1044 virtually nothing.
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So for me other than when I ran either WMP 11 (now completely uninstalled) or winamp the total daily activity for the script shield was 0/0. Yes on earlier versions of 6.0.x I had a much greater script shield activity in 1044 virtually nothing.
I'm not sure what you are trying to say but I don't have WMP 11 as I have WMP 12:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/windows-media-player-12
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The main point of my post was:
a) to make it clear your imaged didn't prove IE9 was being covered by the script shield, but obviously that wasn't what you wanted so omitted it.
b) that the script shield is doing (or rather not doing) some freaky things. In previous builds there would be daily activity for it. However in both 6.0.1027 and this build 1044 the daily activity for the script shield is 0/0, none, nada, nil, zero, no activity unless you launch an application which runs many scripts (commonly media players).
So it is the inconsistency between builds for the script shield which works in one but not in another build unless you specifically launch a media player, which I wasn't having to do previously to see activity during my normal computer use.
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b) that the script shield is doing (or rather not doing) some freaky things. In previous builds there would be daily activity for it. However in both 6.0.1027 and this build 1044 the daily activity for the script shield is 0/0, none, nada, nil, zero, no activity unless you launch an application which runs many scripts (commonly media players).
I did not have any media player active only IE9.
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What about us Chrome guys? :P
I am afraid that people really do not have the correct idea about Script Shield. http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74448.msg616766#msg616766
I have been using 6.0 since beta, and the script shield has never, and I mean ever, scanned so much as one script while browsing 100% with Chrome. On my XP test rig, as soon as I fire up IE8, the script shield goes crazy. However, if I use Chrome on that same XP machine...........Nothing, nada, zip for hours and hours of browsing......................... Sure seems browser dependent to me???
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See this http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74149.msg614956#msg614956 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74149.msg614956#msg614956) by Vlk.
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b) that the script shield is doing (or rather not doing) some freaky things. In previous builds there would be daily activity for it. However in both 6.0.1027 and this build 1044 the daily activity for the script shield is 0/0, none, nada, nil, zero, no activity unless you launch an application which runs many scripts (commonly media players).
I did not have any media player active only IE9.
You don't need to have a media player active, the whole point of using it was to confirm that the script shield wasn't completely dead.
The script shield scans more than Internet Scripts, that is why it is important to actually confirm that it is scanning IE9 script traffic and you simply can't do that with the statistics image that you posted.
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See this http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74149.msg614956#msg614956 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74149.msg614956#msg614956) by Vlk.
That's talking about PRE-RELEASE REFRESH 6.0.1035 not the current 6.0.1044 PRE-RELEASE!
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See this http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74149.msg614956#msg614956 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74149.msg614956#msg614956) by Vlk.
That's talking about PRE-RELEASE REFRESH 6.0.1035 not the current 6.0.1044 PRE-RELEASE!
Right. But nothing in any of the release notes for 6.0.1044 indicates any change in Script Shield at all. http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74515.msg617340#msg617340 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74515.msg617340#msg617340)
And new in v6.0.1044:
- solved a memory leak in the avast gadget
- solved a few things in WebRep
- autosandbox-related fixes
- WinXP: File System Shield not doing repetitive scans anymore
- improvements in SafeZone isolation
- improvements in the avast! sandbox (better TDL shielding etc)
- localization updates
Of course, Vlk can confirm Script Shield's capability if he wishes. ::)
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Of course, Vlk can confirm Script Shield's capability if he wishes. ::)
I'm talking about Windows 7 not XP! :)
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Of course, Vlk can confirm Script Shield's capability if he wishes. ::)
I'm talking about Windows 7 not XP! :)
I know, but Vlk wasn't limiting his statements to Windows 7. :D ;D
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Script Shield is designed to scan Windows Script Host activity the great majority of which was generated by Internet Explorer activity in prior versions of IE.
MSFT redesigned the JavaScript engine in IE9 which as I understand it eliminates the reliance on Windows Script Hosting. Therefore Script Shield is rendered irrelevant with respect to Windows Script Host activity and IE9 as IE9 does not use Windows Script Host. As a result there should be very little activity in SS if you are using IE9.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/03/18/the-new-javascript-engine-in-internet-explorer-9.aspx (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/03/18/the-new-javascript-engine-in-internet-explorer-9.aspx)
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/microsofts-new-javascript-engine-codenamed-chakra-for-internet-explorer-9 (http://www.thewindowsclub.com/microsofts-new-javascript-engine-codenamed-chakra-for-internet-explorer-9)
The Script Shield will, most likely, be extended to some other browsers, and improved even for IE. But - it will take some time (probably won't happen this year).
Sorry to dig up an old thread but I was searching for info on the script shield and IE9 and found this thread.
That clears things up. The Avast Script Shield definitely does not work with IE9, I noticed this a while ago as did many other people. It still doesn't work with the Avast 6.0.1091 release either and Igor's response indicates why.
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Sorry to dig up an old thread.
That clears things up. The Avast Script Shield definitely does not work with IE9, I noticed this a while ago as did many other people. It still doesn't work with the Avast 6.0.1091 release either and Igor's response indicates why.
It sure does work!
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Sorry to dig up an old thread.
That clears things up. The Avast Script Shield definitely does not work with IE9, I noticed this a while ago as did many other people. It still doesn't work with the Avast 6.0.1091 release either and Igor's response indicates why.
It sure does work!
No it doesn't, your photo proves nothing. It only works for you it seems. ::) You're special. Also, before you do so, please don't start a rambling ping pong match of what you know and I don't. I also don't want to hear about who has a profile and who doesn't, etc....
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I would hate to be street_lethal in the USA as thugs would come looking for me with guns. ;)
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I would hate to be street_lethal in the USA as thugs would come looking for me with guns. ;)
Here we go with your nonsense.