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There is little information that I have found on Avast website about how Avast for Mac (free version) works or, how you set it up or how to fix anything. Most information available comes on download sites like CNET. So, thanks for all your put downs, however, you have not answered anything and there is no rant. I gave factual information about web shield not working with Avast with a moan about web rep. Web Rep complaints are a plenty on this forum and have been read by a lot of people. It is commonly expressed problem on the internet that with web shield on, Avast Mac (free version) stops you connecting to the internet. It is not unreasonable to seek answers for this. So, thank you to SarahVTEC for her post. I do not have anything else except Sophos for Mac as that deals with Windows as well as Mac anti virus and I only put Avast on because it deals with email and protection against infected websites. I have not got Little Snitch or any proxy that I am aware of and am using Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Spent whole day on Friday looking on the internet and forums and there is a lot of flannel but no answers that appear to work. Avast just advised me this morning to turn off the web shield as they say everything is covered by other components . So, the company that developed it say turn it off and you seem happy with it. I will await until someone who understands how to resolve the problem comes forth. 