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**DaFace** · 04-11-2011, 09:09 PM

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.

04-11-2011, 09:09 PM	#11
DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $1836899	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.
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