525690 - KB article: Controlling AVG Firefox add-ons

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(support.mozilla.org :: Knowledge Base Articles, task)

Description

[Bo]

See (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/3/480233?) for discussion.

We recently updated Configuring AVG Internet Security (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Configuring+AVG+Internet+Security) since AVG addons caused an issue (http://support.mozilla.com/en/kb/Window+shakes).

That article covers the paid version with the firewall. However, the free version of AVG Anti-virus represents a much larger number of users (since it's free). It has the same two intrusive extensions for Firefox - they are installed automatically, switch your search provider, and can cause unrequested traffic (not as much as old versions, though).

This article covers how to disable the add-ons that got installed automatically - in Firefox, and in AVG. It also reassures people that they're still protected by their antivirus component and that Firefox has phishing/malware protection.

I'll have a draft shortly.

Comment 1

[Bo]

Draft is up.

Comment 2

[Alice Wyman]

Draft was renamed "Controlling AVG Firefox Add-ons"

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Controlling+AVG+Firefox+Add-ons

Comment 3

[Bo]

The bug URL has been updated.

Marking FIXED for review.

Comment 4

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Moved to KB at:
Tue 03 of Nov, 2009 01:31 EST