Others have reported that they can Malwarebyte's Web Protection component again if they disable Avast's similar "Real Site Protection" feature.Īccording to a post by a Avast developer on the Malwarebytes forum, this issue is supposedly a conflict between the two program's web protection modules. Some users have reported that they can get Malwarebytes working again by disabling the program's Web Protection component, which protects users from malicious sites. Some of the issues being reported include being unable to open the program's dashboard, errors using Malwarebyte's support tool, Malwarebytes crashing, or the inability to keep real time protection enabled. To make matters worse, Malwarebytes users who have Avast installed are also reporting numerous problems this week as well after upgrading Avast.
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Permanent fix for the update issue is coming in future version.Īvast forum regulars are suggesting that users perform a clean install of Avast to see if that resolves the issue. Or uninstall and newly re-install your Avast Antivirus. To fix the problem please perform a repair: We have identified the issue as a problem during program update, that left some old Avast stuff there, that should have been updated. In one support forum post, a Avast employee named Filip Braun stated that this problem could be caused by a failed update that left old Avast drivers behind.
When disabling the Avast WebShield component, which protects users from browsing to malicious sites or scripts, users reported that they were once again able to browse the web as normal.