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[Fish]

Originally Posted by DaFace

On a random Avast side note, any of you ever had it lose its ability to access the internet? I got a little minor gremlin a week or so ago. I removed it immediately, and it really didn't do anything, but somewhere in the removal process something got screwy. Avast won't update, and if I turn the web shield on, all my browsers are blocked.

I've done a full uninstall/reinstall, all of the typical scanners come up clean, everything seems fine, etc. Hosts file is fine. Hijack this doesn't seem to have anything out of the ordinary. Everything works fine except that one program. I almost don't even care (it's just my media center pc), but it's got me stumped.

Hmmm.. That's weird.. never heard of such a thing.

You might try Avast's uninstaller app... http://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility

Usually when they release their own uninstall app, it's because the Windows one isn't sufficient in some cases. I'd uninstall through windows, then run the Avast uninstall and let it clean up anything the Windows uninstaller might have missed. Then reinstall newest version. You might try and uninstall/reinstall with another admin account too. Determine if it might be a user setting specific to your account.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by KC Fish

Hmmm.. That's weird.. never heard of such a thing.

You might try Avast's uninstaller app... http://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility

Usually when they release their own uninstall app, it's because the Windows one isn't sufficient in some cases. I'd uninstall through windows, then run the Avast uninstall and let it clean up anything the Windows uninstaller might have missed. Then reinstall newest version. You might try and uninstall/reinstall with another admin account too. Determine if it might be a user setting specific to your account.

Yeah, I tried that. Haven't done it from safe mode, which I've seen suggested on other forums. I'll try it from a different account as well, just to say I did.

It's kind of a weird issue. It doesn't really matter that much, but it's certainly perplexing.