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I just installed avast on a second computer to see if connecting programs change. This computer is running W2kpro … same as the first computer I was using. ashquick.exe still connects outgoing from here as well. Also, I found two MORE avast programs that connect outgoing (these did not appear on the first computer … yet!)
ashdisp.exe
ashsimp2.exe
Both of these attempted to connect to my SMTP server. [edit] Oops - might have been my POP3 or IMAP server. I had already made my firewall rules generic (non-IP specific) before I posted this message, but the fact that I generi-sized the rule to ports 25, 110, 143 means it was SOME email related server that these new guys attempted to connect to! [/edit]
I have no problem with all these avast programs connecting. I’m just trying to nail them all down to configure firewall rules for a computer that will soon be out of my immediate control. Maybe I should just search the avast directories for all executable files and give them all access? :-\