Problem with Avast 5

[hirudoid22]

I was installing Avast free and everything went fine. I had all modules activated and everything looked fine. I could check my mail, but all my browsers were unable to connect to net, Chrome, IE, FF, Opera.
When I stopped the Webshield my browsers were able to connect to sites again.
I am not sure what is wrong.

Hirudoid

[Cudni]

for some reason that module does not agree with your setup. You are still protected well by realtime scanning

[vlk]

Typically, this is caused by a personal firewall that is preventing the process AvastSvc.exe from accessing the Internet.

Please make sure it's allowed as all the web traffic will be routed through it (it works as a transparent HTTP proxy).

Thanks
Vlk

[hirudoid22]

Originally Posted by Cudni

for some reason that module does not agree with your setup. You are still protected well by realtime scanning

I have had Avast 5 Free earlier installed and then tried Panda Cloud but decided to back to Avast. Then this happend.

[gery]

Originally Posted by vlk

Typically, this is caused by a personal firewall that is preventing the process AvastSvc.exe from accessing the Internet.

Please make sure it's allowed as all the web traffic will be routed through it (it works as a transparent HTTP proxy).

Thanks
Vlk

i agree and i would say this happens to me with almost every av i install after i have installed the firewall first. i have learned that it is better to install every thing else before the firewall is installed .

[twl845]

Why not put the FW in learning mode before you install the Avast!.

[hirudoid22]

Originally Posted by twl845

Why not put the FW in learning mode before you install the Avast!.

I am using Windows 7 and its own firewall. I will test it later today.

[acuariano]

hey guys btw...avast5 is stopping the giveawayoftheday page fortrojan,malware activities
do you guys have it too?

[firzen771]

Originally Posted by acuariano

hey guys btw...avast5 is stopping the giveawayoftheday page fortrojan,malware activities
do you guys have it too?

ye i just got it as well, i wonder if its an FP or if malware is hosted on the site today (perhaps a hacking?)

[acuariano]

yeah smell like it..

[eugene91]

yeah avast! WebShield blocked giveawayoftheday.com hmmm..

[hirudoid2]

Originally Posted by eugene91

yeah avast! WebShield blocked giveawayoftheday.com hmmm..

Just could not find the settings to change in the firewall to let the webshield work. I gave the rights to the webshield process, but to no avail.
Windows 7 Home 64.