I first had a problem with Internet Explorer not opening when my Avast Internet Security updated two days ago. Unfortunately, I thought it was conflicting with Windows 8.1 so I restored by computer to Windows 8 and had to reinstall Avast Internet Security. Well as soon as I did Internet Explorer stopped working again. Then I knew it was the culprit. I just about pulled out my hair trying to fix it, then I read in the community forum here how to fix IE by disabling the Avast addon. Well I also had a problem that started two days ago with Google Earth not loading, around the same time as the problem with the IE not loading. I reinstalled Google Earth and it still won't load. Just stops and gives me an error message after the tool tips starts to load. Anyone have a fix for whatever is causing Avast to block Google Earth?