On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:30:42 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

> HTTPS scanning is way too slow in Avast.

I can't say I've noticed this. Maybe it's because I'm running W7 HP x64
SP1 on a SSD, I don't know? I have a cable connection, 30Mbps d/l; 3Mbps
u/l, does that make much difference?

> If you didn't notice it, web surfing gets a l-o-t
> slower when Avast's HTTPS scanning is enabled.

Haven't noticed this and I have the HTTPS Everywhere add-on installed in
Fx. Which site(s) and which browser(s) did you use to make a comparison?

> Until
> Avast severely speeds up their HTTPS content interrogation process, it
> is way too slow.  You might start to think your ISP halved your
> bandwidth or something you installed or configured screwed up your
> network traffic to slow it down.

Nope.

>  Nope,

What I said. ;-)

> it's just the HTTPS scanning
> "feature" in Avast which is too slow and incurs delays in delivery.  The
> more resources a page has, the slower Avast will be to deliver the HTTPS
> page.  

I unchecked Enable HTTPS scanning and then did an image search with
Startpage.com. I've set it up so 100 results are loaded; that's a *lot*
of thumbnails. But I really can't see a significant difference in speed.

> I don't know if it is Avast trying to change the proxy settings in IE or
> if some nasty site using Javascript is doing it.

Not here. I have IE 11.x installed, but I rarely use it.

> So I suspect it is IE.

Probably.

> The proxy will get changed to 127.0.0.1 (no port assigned).

Doesn't happen here.

> By the way, if you get into the local certificate manager (certmgr.msc)
> and do not find Avast's root certificate then that is the cause of the
> "authenticity" error. 

> So run certmgr.msc to see if Avast's cert was added.  
> 
> - Run certmgr.msc.
> - Go to the "Certificates - Current User -> Trusted Root Certificates -> 
>   Certificates" tree node in the left pane.
> - Look for the cert titled "avast! Web/Mail Shield Root".

It's there alright. Says something about 'Server Authentication '.

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