Avast Free 5.1.889 Web Shield blocking all pages

[CraigB]

Im glad David stepped in when he did as i was out of idea's  thanks David

[DavidR]

Yep, that fixed it!

Evidently it had to do with the TEMP and TMP environment variables being set to d:\windows\temp instead of c:\windows\temp.  I changed them back to c:\windows\temp and rebooted and everything looks like it's working again.  (I moved them to try and reduce as many R/W's on the new SSD as possible). 

It's weird because I didn't delete the c:\windows\temp directory, I only changed the environment variables to point to the same directory structure on the HD instead of the SSD so if Avast is looking for %SYSTEMROOT%\Temp the directory still exists. 

Thanks for all of your help guys!  I really appreciate the quick responses.

You're welcome.

Weird how the windows environment variables got screwed (avast doesn't touch these).

[DavidR]

Im glad David stepped in when he did as i was out of idea's  thanks David

No problem, this is something to remember if the usual culprits/suspects don't appear to have been the cause.

[YoKenny]

Weird how the windows environment variables got screwed (avast doesn't touch these).

User tweak

(I moved them to try and reduce as many R/W's on the new SSD as possible).

not avast!'s fault.

[fivedollaryobet]

I never said it was Avast's fault but it is a little weird that something like changing two system env vars to alternate, valid directories would prevent just the web shield from working properly.  I got a 10 spot that says it's something hard coded deep inside the code that should be parametrized... I've done it enough times to recognize the symptoms :-)

[Joshua_Davila]

I'm also having this issue. Only could come up with one temporary solution. I disable the webshield and then I am able to use my internet browser. Can anyone help? I'm not the best person when it comes to computers heh

[Joshua_Davila]

I understand what I need to do I just don't know how to go about the process