Just had an interesting experience with Avast phone support over this issue. After waiting on hold for half an hour (looped music/message on hold score of 0.25 out of 10), the technician to whom I spoke said I shouldn't be having any problem with the latest version of Avast 2014 and Internet Explorer. I had just upgraded 10 PCs for a client over the weekend (10 users Avast Pro, 4 XP SP3 / IE8, 6 Win7 SP1 / IE10), got a call from one user first thing this morning, remoted in and disabled the add-ons as a test (success), then read about the issue here. After letting the technician know about the many postings here, he "sort of" admitted there might be a problem that the developers were working on but couldn't be specific and had no timeframe for the next release, but if I wanted to open an account for paid support their engineers could remote in and easily fix the problem (maybe by disabling the add-ons, as I had told him I had already done???). All I wanted to do was give the client their options: 1) use IE without the add-ons (some websites they use require it, unfortunately) and wait for a fix; 2) uninstall Avast 2014 and reinstall the earlier version (2nd most costly option for them, little or no effect on security); or 3) find and install a different security product (most costly option, no effect or positive effect on security). Does anyone here know if the Avast developers have actually acknowledged that this is a problem and are working on a fix (and, if so, has anyone heard anything about a timeframe)? Thanks!