Avast Firewall!

General Topics
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Please refer to the attached 2.jpg file. Why is it showing as Avast Firewall?

Refer to 1.jpg please. It shows two firewalls are running. Should I uninstall Vista Firewall Control or is it normal?

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I must say that its a bit weird ???

Al968

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There’s nothing like “avast! Firewall” (yet) so the Dell TuneUp thing is obviously confused…

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Like Dell itself ;D

Al968

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Did Dell get a heads up or, where does this information come from???
My Dell also shows it:

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Thanx Bob. I thought there was something wrong with my system but now I know it is Dell itself.

Dell tune up wizard is shareware and costs some money. Am I correct? Is it safe to uninstall this and live without it? What is a freeware substitute for this? On my XP machine (not supplied by Dell), I never had any such things. Can we live without such things with Vista?

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Did Dell get a heads up or, where does this information come from???

I have no idea. They definitely haven’t gotten any heads up from us AFAIK :slight_smile:

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Is it possible that it is detecting the Network Shield and thinking that it is a full firewall ?

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se224141

Dell tune up wizard is shareware and costs some money. Am I correct? Is it safe to uninstall this and live without it? What is a freeware substitute for this? On my XP machine (not supplied by Dell), I never had any such things. Can we live without such things with Vista?
Yes it costs money. No you don't need it. Go [url=http://home.comcast.net/~mysharedfiles/]here[/url] and grab the Givaway of the Day (Glary Utilities PRO ) It works well on Vista. :)
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Is it possible that it is detecting the Network Shield and thinking that it is a full firewall ?

I doubt that. :slight_smile:

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Computer misunderstanding I assume - avast is not firewall so probably computer messed up some simple calculations :slight_smile:

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computer messed up some simple calculations
Most likely an error in the Dell program (script) used.