This may not happen all the time when Firefox is closed but users reported that it is happening frequently. Update: An update to the most recent version of Avast or Firefox seems to resolve the issue.įirefox users for example may notice that the browser won't close anymore because of Avast's HTTPS Scanning feature. This alone is highly problematic considering that the program is tapping right into protected data streams but the current implementation is causing all kinds of issues on top of that. It enables the program to detect and decrypt protected traffic using its web filtering component. The updates do introduce new features from time to time and may also change the interface of the program as well.Īvast released its 2015 lineup recently and one of the new features that all of its antivirus programs ship with is HTTPS Scanning.
Security companies such as AVG, Kaspersky or Avast release new versions of their products each year to the public. By Martin Brinkmann on Octoin Security - Last Update: Octo33 comments
