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Offline Gilbert51

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can't open hotlinks in email
« on: February 13, 2020, 04:16:33 PM »
Avast free updated last night and this morning I am unable to open links to articles from trusted sites that I get every day. The message I get is "Unable to open (website address). Message doesn't particularly say it's from avast but that's the only update I'm aware of since last night.

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Re: can't open hotlinks in email
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2020, 04:20:23 PM »
Avast free updated last night and this morning I am unable to open links to articles from trusted sites that I get every day. The message I get is "Unable to open (website address). Message doesn't particularly say it's from avast but that's the only update I'm aware of since last night.
There was also a Windows update. A screenshot of the "Message" would be helpful. What email program are you using? What operating system?
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Re: can't open hotlinks in email
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2020, 09:11:21 PM »
Avast free updated last night and this morning I am unable to open links to articles from trusted sites that I get every day. The message I get is "Unable to open (website address). Message doesn't particularly say it's from avast but that's the only update I'm aware of since last night.

Not sure what you mean by avast free updating last night, there hasn't been a program update for a while ?
What avast version do you have (see attached image for my version/build) ?

I'm using Thunderbird and links are still opening in my browser Firefox as they should.
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