… mailed the Alwil guys the following:
First of all: I really like your scanner software! You are doing a great job.
I am using your application for a couple of weeks now and until recently I only found minor problems with the application.
I am using a Sygate Personal firewall together with a webserver that acts as a router/NAT forwarder and proxy.
Over the last couple of weeks Ive seen LOTS of traffic on the firewall caused by ICMP Pings of code 0 (and I still remember the infamous smurf attacks ). This traffic is so very bad that it causes my server and the @Home network (my provider) some real problems.
So, my question would be: what is going on here!? I think I need to shut down my avast software and go back to my good old mcafee. It seems to solve the ping problem…
And the reply I got: (at least I’ve got to give them they had the decency to mail me a reply)
avast! pings our servers to check if new updates are available. You can disable the feature of avast! “automatic update” (see help file).
GUYS! the problem is not pinging just once … the software causes to ping 8000+ in a few minutes
oh… and another thing… where 's the uninstall button?
???
