Avast antivirus accidently removes Firefox add-ons

The virusscanner of the Czech antivirus company Avast has accidentally been removing Firefox add-ons the last couple of days, even if they aren't malicious. The culprit is Browser Cleanup, a feature of the virusscanner meant to remove unwanted toolbars and add-ons. In this case the antivirus software also removed add-ons which it shouldn't have. Users are complaining on the Avast Forums how the software removed some of  their add-ons that are harmless.

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Avast recommends users to not allow Browser Cleanup to start automatically. The issues are likely caused by the latest Firefox release that also caused problems with several add-ons. However it can't be ruled out the issue is caused by Avast, earlier this year users also complained about the Browser Cleanup feature removing Firefox add-ons.

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