Steps to reproduce:
- make a fresh intall of Firefox with Avast installed
- log in to your Firefox sync account with your email and password
- you can wait or force a manual sync
- nothing will happen
- you can check errors at: about:sync-log - especially "TokenServerClientNetworkError"
- close Firefox
- turn off Avast for 10 minutes
- start Firefox
- choose manual sync
- it will sync all your bookmarks, extensions, etc.
Tested with newest Avast, Win 10 64bit, Firefox 41 beta