I have been using Google Chrome for quite some time and have been generally happy with it however for the past week my avast software has started going mad every time I start up and every few minutes all the time I am using chrome. Stating thar malware has been detected. I saved the pop-up alert using the snipping tool but the hosting avenue could not read it. I an thinking of returning to Firefox. Any thoughts guys.

Google Chrome is nothing but a damn spyware by itself. There r many chromium based browsers out there if u wanna keep using a chromium based one. My vote for a chromium based browser goes to 'Comodo Dragon'. The new v42 will hopefully be released @ the end of the month.




Firefox + some security related extensions = Secure Browser


FF Extension Recommendations


uBlock

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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock/

HTTPS Everywhere

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Privacy Badger

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BetterPrivacy

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NoScript

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FEBE

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Disable WebRTC in Firefox

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Thank you Henrik, sorry for the delay in replying to your excellent contribution. The problem was that the garden needs so much attention at this time of year that I have not been into my computer cave for a few days. Incidentally as I am writing this the voice from my Avast has said, quote "Threats have been detected" twelve times, I am definitely leaving Google Chrome. Thanks again.

YW m8

RL stuff tends 2 get in the way a lot of times

Well, AV's these days tends 2 be going nuts for just about anything these days. Most of the times so is it just False Positives............ common sense is what needs 2 be used these days.

All AV's gets more or less nuts, so......... the best AV out these according to tests/evaluations is Bit Defender. Personally so have i been using Avira AV Pro for 5+ years now and it have served me very well.