I have read through several posts dealing with these questions, but have not found any solutions. Some say they are not related to Avast, but they only appeared immediately after I installed Avast Pro.
I use Windows XP SP2 and Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox. I also have windows Defender and Spysweeper on my system, but the problems remain even when they are disabled. I uninstalled Windows Defender but the problems remained. I reinstalled it. I have not uninstalled spysweeper. i have read that it is compatible with avast.
Before installing Avast Professional, I uninstalled all Symantec, Nortons programs with add/remove programs. It is no longer on my system. I don't see any more of their programs or any uninstall feature.
Since installing Avast Professional, when I try to use yahoo messenger and AIM and also with many other programs, I get the following error message:
an activex control on this page might be unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. do you want to allow this interaction? Y/N ( I tried to italicize this text, but the button won't work--another new problem)
And regardless of whether I choose yes or no, I am unable to see any text in any windows. I uninstalled Avast and the problem was corrected with AIM, but although the error message went away, the problem remained with Yahooo Messenger. I was unable to see any text in any window.
I reinstalled avast and disabled protection for Instant messenging, with the provider option, but this did not correct the problem. I continued to receive the error message above and could not see any text in the window.
I have checked my scripts in internet explorer and they are enabled.
Additionally, since installing Avast Professional, when I try to navigate from one web page to another, the links often do not work. I can click them, but the same page returns, rather than navigating to the new page. When I right click the link, I do not even get the option of going to a new tab or page. This did not correct itself after uninstalling Avast.
Additionally, when I go to some web pages, they are blank white pages. I unistalled and reinstalled explorer 7 and the problem remained.
Sometimes links don't appear on IE that appear on Firefox.. for instance, on Avast's home page, the support dropdown menu. Additionally, when I log in to this forum with Firefox, the new page does not appear, but is blank. These are new problems, not present before I installed Avast Professional.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
