Asyn,
You said: "Is it still shown as Installed in the avast! GUI..??"
If you mean under Additional Protection | Web Rep. I see "Mozilla Firefox, Plugin not installed". I can't think of any other place.
You said: "Untick: Automatically detect new browser installations"
Where do I see this?
nmb,
You said: "If you goto the addons window of firefox is it listed there? can you disable from there and try?"
If you mean under Tools | Addons | Extensions, I don't even see it in the list.
ady4um, as per nmb's initial post, I went back in rightaway and turned on Webshield. It is currently running.
Okay, I have Avast installed from the same latest installer on my PC and laptop. On the PC, the Webrep icon is missong and is supported by the fact that within Avast, under Additional Protection, I do not see the Webrep option at all. Not so on the laptop. There I see Webrep in addition to AutoSandbox and Site Blocking.
So, I uninstalled and re-installed the entire application, unchecked 'Automatically detect new browser installations', as Asyn mentioned, uninstalled Webrep, and voila! it's gone. Thanks to all for a job well-done!
Harry
http://harry.cckerala.com