avast! antivirus blocked in firewall

I blocked avast! antivirus in the firewall for a reason (don’t ask me why).

But I want to say…
Is it still updating automatically, scanning, downloading virus defs and stuff anymore?
Tell me please

[b]Is it still updating automatically,[/b] scanning, [b]downloading virus defs and stuff anymore?[/b]
not if connection is blocked

Okay thanks