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1. AVAST WEB SHIELD BLOCKING INTERNET EXPLORER INSTALL
2. AVAST WEB SHIELD BLOCKING INTERNET EXPLORER PLUS

Highlighted with the familiar security colors of green for safe and red for dangerous, the Summary tab gives up-to-date info on shield status, auto-updates, virus definitions, the program version, and whether the silent/gaming mode is on. This may sound useless, but it's actually quite clever because it helps you visualize how one of the more complex Avast features is keeping you safe without bogging you down in jargon. For example, there are big graphics to illustrate the more nebulous security concepts that only have an on-or-off switch. There've been some decorative changes, a darkening of color here, lightening of grays there, but the changes have been either lightly cosmetic or utilitarian. However, for seeing if you like Avast, it's not a bad thing as long as you remember to choose one security suite to go with.Īvast 7's interface hasn't changed much over the past three versions. We're not big fans of this option from a security point-of-view, because it can bog down your system resources without actually making you safer.

AVAST WEB SHIELD BLOCKING INTERNET EXPLORER INSTALL

Avast has said that the installer has shrunk for all three versions by about 20 percent, although it's still a large download at around 70MB for the free version.Ī new Avast installation option, available only from the custom install menu, lets you sideload Avast as a secondary security program to supplement your main one.

AVAST WEB SHIELD BLOCKING INTERNET EXPLORER PLUS

On the plus side, installing Avast doesn't require a reboot, and using its uninstall tool we detected no remnants in the Registry or on the desktop. When you run one of those browsers for the first time after installing Avast, they'll ask you if you want to allow the new add-on. The current versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer both block forced add-on installation. It's just not as simple as a check box that gets its own installation window, since you have to go through the Customize menu, which makes the auto-install sort of surreptitious. Some items of note during the installation that will come up later in the review: to avoid the new Windows 7 and Vista desktop gadget, or the new WebRep browser add-on, you must choose the Custom install option and uncheck those here.Īutomatic installation of these features is frowned upon, although Avast does provide a clear method for uninstalling them. It's not the fastest on the market, not by a longshot, but a standard installation took us about three minutes. Avast has improved its installation process so it's faster than before.