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Offline jade11

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Firefox 66 Disabled Avast Online Security, Privacy Badger
« on: May 04, 2019, 05:36:41 AM »
Windows 7 64 bit.  Firefox announces Add-ons disabled.  Cannot "verify" them: Avast Online Security, Avast Price checker and Privacy Badger.  When I try to download newest version of Online Security or Privacy Badger, I get an error message "Download failed. Check your connection".  Is this Firefox's answer to the MitM critique or something else, a virus or tracker infiltrating Firefox?  I did all the usual things: cleared cash, rebooted, even uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox.  Now running boot scan on the PC.  Making this report by mobile phone.

Any ideas?  I don't like running the browser without the security and privacy working.

Cross posting to Firefox forum.

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Re: Firefox 66 Disabled Avast Online Security, Privacy Badger
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2019, 06:13:33 AM »
This may help:  (See Reply # 4817)  https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19387.msg1504387#msg1504387

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Re: Firefox 66 Disabled Avast Online Security, Privacy Badger
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2019, 10:37:47 AM »
Any ideas?  I don't like running the browser without the security and privacy working.
Hi, it's a known FF bug, see: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548973
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Re: Firefox 66 Disabled Avast Online Security, Privacy Badger
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2019, 04:40:22 PM »
Noted signing only disabled once per day at
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Wait until it's past midnight on 2019-05-04 UTC.
Had FF running at midnight UTC last night and, pow! all 7(!) of my add-ons were disabled at once.  Luckily, was running FF in a sandbox, so restoring all 7 was as simple as closing and re-opening the browser.
Windows 7 64 bit.  Firefox announces Add-ons disabled.  Cannot "verify" them: Avast Online Security, Avast Price checker and Privacy Badger.  When I try to download newest version of Online Security or Privacy Badger, I get an error message "Download failed. Check your connection".  Is this Firefox's answer to the MitM critique or something else, a virus or tracker infiltrating Firefox?  I did all the usual things: cleared cash, rebooted, even uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox.  Now running boot scan on the PC.  Making this report by mobile phone.

Any ideas?  I don't like running the browser without the security and privacy working.

Cross posting to Firefox forum.

Thanks,

--j
Happened to me, know what you mean.   (Thanks Asyn)  Hope you got an answer at Firefox.   :o
Windows 10 Home 64-bit 22H2 Avast Premier Security version 24.1.6099 (build 24.1.88821.762)  UI version 1.0.797
 UI version 1.0.788.  Windows 11 Home 23H2 - Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Avast Premier Security version 24.2.6105 (build 24.1.8918.827) UI version 1.0.801

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