Hi All,
I apologize in advance if this issue is already known, but after some googling I didn’t find anything similar to my situation, so here I am.
Basically I have AVAST blocking the hotspot feature of my smartphone (Apple iPhone 6S plus) but only when I’m using that feature through the USB port. I usually use this instead of the Wi-Fi connection because for unknown reasons the Wi-Fi between the phone and my laptop appears to be very unstable, with frequent disconnections (I tried anything, including updating the wi-fi card driver, to no avail).
So, when AVAST is active and running, if I connect the phone to an USB port, the phone asks me to enter an authorization code (which normally happens the very first time one connects an iPhone to a PC after installing iTunes). After entering the code, nothing happens. The phone is not authorized, iTunes does not see the phone connected and the hotspot feature does not work. If I repeat the same operation with AVAST disabled instead, no authorization code required, iTunes sees the phone and the hotspot connection is correctly started. Curiously, after the phone is initially recognized, I can reenable AVAST and everything will continue to work: the important thing is that I keep AVAST disabled while plugging the phone on the USB port.
Anybody experienced the same and figured it out? Not a blocking issue, but a little annoying since I must remember to disable AVAST each time I plug the phone on the USB port.
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Filippo
