Everything I tried ended in failure. I tried reinstalling Firefox, disabling addons and extensions and even reverted back to an older version of Firefox. But nothing worked until I installed Google Chrome. This browser seemed to work just fine compared to the other two. I wasn’t completely sure why but I didn’t care at the time because I had goals and missions to complete.

So I used Google Chrome for about a week until I decided to look deeper for the problem with Firefox and IE. I disabled some suspicious services and startup programs but that didn’t help at all. Finally I thought about what affects the way a person sees the internet, other than the browsers of course. Being that this problem affected BOTH browsers then it must be a third-party issue.

After running Hijack This I noticed AVG Antivirus had more services running than what showed up in both browser’s addon sections. I figured I might as well try uninstalling AVG since I just about uninstalled everything else already. Eureka! I solved it! It seems simply disabling AVG in the addon section of Firefox or IE doesn’t actually disable AVG from filtering what you see in those browsers.

Eveidentally a recent AVG update affected what you see or do on Facebook and Facebook games by Zynga. It’s still strange that I was able to install Chrome and have no problem. Perhaps the update affected browsers that were already installed but not ones that get installed later? Not sure. Don’t really care now. AVG is gone. I’m currently using Comodo Internet Security (the free version) with both antivirus and a firewall. I can also click on and accept wall bonuses again.

My favorite happens to be AVG anti virus. The free basic protection offers automatic virus scans and it completely updates itself. I am currently using it myself at home and I love it!

Another free program is caled Avira Antivir. It too scans and updates just like AVG, except it has a self-serving (self-advertising) popup window every time it updates. It’s not really a big deal (nor is it spyware-related in any way!) but it is kind of annoying. It’s just a small window that opens up advertising their premium upgrade.

Both Avira Antivir and AVG are resource friendly; as in they won’t bog down your computer like OTHER anti virus programs do! I’ve been using AVG for years now and I really like it a lot.  I have NEVER had a problem with AVG or Avira the whole time I have used them. Both are great alternatives to the other spendy and sometimes complicated anti virus programs out there.