Avast Premium Security "Warn about Port scanning" feature does not work

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Version: Avast Premium Security 22.7.6025(build 22.7.7403.741)

Hello!

Today I encountered a major problem with Avast. I noticed that one of Avast’s premium firewall features, “Port scan alerts”, was not working.

Steps to create the problem:

  1. I connected my computer and Android Mobile Phone to the same Wifi network.

  2. I installed the “Fing” app on my Android Cell Phone.

  3. I scanned the network with the Fing app. After scanning the network, I found my device in the device list and did a port scan.

  4. Avast did not react to this situation.

  • The wifi network is in trusted networks list in Avast.

  • The SecureLine VPN is off on both of devices (both Pc and Android phone).

As a temporary solution, I have now marked the network as “Untrusted Network”, so nothing shows up in any port scan.

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Seems like the issue is fixed now. I think closing/reopening all the protection modules fixed the issue.

EDIT: Sometimes it is working, sometimes it does not pop the warning but the ports are still remain inaccessible when you dont trust a network so I don’t think it is a huge problem.