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i am afraid to install Firefox 6.0 because it says it will disable my AVG virus protection.

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joehaase
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when i go to install Firefox 6.0 i am told that my AVG Safesearch will be disabled.

when i go to install Firefox 6.0 i am told that my AVG Safesearch will be disabled.

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http://forums.avg.com/us-en/avg-free-forum?sec=thread&act=show&id=171434 

Safe Search extension is not compatible with Firefox 6.0

Mozilla has released their new Firefox 6.0 browser for public. Unfortunately, the AVG Safe Search extension is not compatible with this browser version yet (example screenshot). We found some glitches during our internal testing and developers are working on rectifying them. A new AVG program update will be released as soon the support is fully implemented. You may also notice some other Firefox extensions are not compatible as the Firefox development cycle is quite rapid. 

Please rest assured you are still protected by AVG even if you have already upgraded to Firefox 6.0. The AVG Active Surf Shield component is still checking all data and will prevent you from accessing malicious content even though search results verdict icons are not available temporarily.
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the-edmeister
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Safe Search isn't your "virus protection", it is an add-on which duplicates features that are already built into Firefox.

James
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http://forums.avg.com/us-en/avg-free-forum?sec=thread&act=show&id=171434 

Safe Search extension is not compatible with Firefox 6.0

Mozilla has released their new Firefox 6.0 browser for public. Unfortunately, the AVG Safe Search extension is not compatible with this browser version yet (example screenshot). We found some glitches during our internal testing and developers are working on rectifying them. A new AVG program update will be released as soon the support is fully implemented. You may also notice some other Firefox extensions are not compatible as the Firefox development cycle is quite rapid. 

Please rest assured you are still protected by AVG even if you have already upgraded to Firefox 6.0. The AVG Active Surf Shield component is still checking all data and will prevent you from accessing malicious content even though search results verdict icons are not available temporarily.
joehaase
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thanks, James. ... that's a big help!