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Hi,

Any antivirus software you could recommend where the real time web scan works with r3dfox?

Was using Avast on Firefox, but just confirmed with Avast support board that Avast Web Guard real time anti-malware scanner does not work on r3dfox. (Even though it works on Firefox.) Avast fails the eicar.org anti-malware test file for anti-virus software on r3dfox (but not on Firefox).

Yes Avast can still do manual scans, but I was wondering if there are is any antivirus software where the real time web scanning feature works with r3dfox on Windows 7?

Thanks. And thank you for making a fork of Firefox that still works on Win 7.

I wouldn't even know where or how to even begin.
I haven't used any antivirus or anti-malware "stuff" since the 90s.
And I've never been hit with anything either !!! (don't even bother to knock on wood, no luck required, just be "net savvy")

So I don't really understand your question :/
Don't these "scanners" just scan downloaded files? So why does the browser matter?
And wouldn't just an ad-blocker do a BETTER JOB as far as browsing experience and preventing MALICIOUS JAVASCRIPT?

Just an idea: does it work if you rename r3dfox.exe to firefox.exe ?

The-10-Pen wrote: *

10 Mar 2026, 20:47

I wouldn't even know where or how to even begin.
I haven't used any antivirus or anti-malware "stuff" since the 90s.
And I've never been hit with anything either !!! (don't even bother to knock on wood, no luck required, just be "net savvy")

So I don't really understand your question :/
Don't these "scanners" just scan downloaded files? So why does the browser matter?
And wouldn't just an ad-blocker do a BETTER JOB as far as browsing experience and preventing MALICIOUS JAVASCRIPT?

They automatically scan webpages while you browse too and block any malicious infections on websites. The problem was that when I accessed the eicar test site with harmless test files for testing anti-virus software, it wasn't triggering Avast in r3dfox (but did in Firefox).

But the solution provided by Duke (renaming r3dfox.exe to firefox.exe) seems to fix the problem)

Duke wrote: *

11 Mar 2026, 19:59

Just an idea: does it work if you rename r3dfox.exe to firefox.exe ?

It seems to work now! Thank you!

Will there likely be any other problems caused by renaming the r3dfox exe file? (Other than obviously I need to change the filename in my shortcuts settings too.) Of course I left all the other files alone. (This is the installed version of r3dfox, not the portable.)