Avast firewall blocking network shares

[system]

Hi Folks,

The avast firewall is blocking access to machine on my locale network. I typically access the machines via network shares, e.g. \machinea\bla, however if the avast firewall is enabled I can no longer see these machines.

Although I have tried to find how to fix this I have been unsuccessful - any clues?

Thanks
Kendrew

[mchain]

Try turning off port scanning feature in firewall. Known bug for localhost.

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=199857.msg1382416#msg1382416

[system]

Thank you - that worked.

[Miguel389]

I tried this with no success. In my case what worked was changing the Firewall Profile. Initialy I had it on Public Network and changing it to Private Network solved the issue.

Hope it helps someone.

[bob3160]

@Miguel389 post:4

I tried this with no success. In my case what worked was changing the Firewall Profile. Initialy I had it on Public Network and changing it to Private Network solved the issue.

Hope it helps someone.

If it’s set to public, you in essence have no internet access.