The title says it all really - Recently I uninstalled the Avast Firewall component - basically it was having an impact on my system (old system see specs below post) and I dropped back to the Windows Defender Firewall.
So why Avast is having a whinge about this and displaying a red circle with an X permanently in the tray icon (without saying why). All other shields for Avast Free are enabled and running, so this really is BS and no idea what it is trying to scare me into.
I used avast for years before the firewall was introduced and for some time I didnât install the component preferring the lighter windows firewall. I though I would give it a try, disabled the windows firewall and installed he Avast Firewall component.
It is a bit worrying to see both you and bob3160 having issues of late.
I get the impression that your Avast has become corrupted somehow. All I can say is, if all else fails use avastclear to uninstall, then do clean install of Avast.
I have had to do that maybe once or twice.
I assume, like me, you save recent offline installers just in case.
This is getting bloody tiresome, less than a day and it is bloody back - You are unprotected and no bloody internet connection.
Is it time to drop back to Windows Defender ?
Itâs back a bit like Chuckie âIâm backâ, but worse.
Up a grade from before, but not the same as my other post - https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=328736.0 - But no increased CPU usage.
Whilst the same as same as this, but stepped up and no internet connection either - so getting into the âAvast Two Stepâ, Repair and Reboot.
Ran the Support Tool ID 29G7K - Hopefully there is some helpful information for this pain in the rear.
Personally adding another 3rd party firewall is unlikely to reduce overheads than simply dropping back to the windows firewall.
Given when you install Avast with Firewall component Windows disables the windows firewall to avoid potential conflict. So installing a 3rd party firewall is likely to conflict with the Avast firewall and then you are likely to be in the same position as me and the title of this topic âAvast Tray Icon - You are Unprotectedâ.
And the forums are becoming snail like, lots of errors and page loads that could be drawn faster or doesnât load at all, resulting in a repost.
Page created in 24.275 seconds with 19 queries. -
This is happening more often and as a frequent poster a real pain in the backside.
I now literally have to Ctrl+A and CtrlC so I donât have to completely start again.
Does anyone understand the new Forum regarding sequence of posts in a thread. i.e. dates shown on the slider on right side.
This one Post #1 is dated Aug 5, Post #2 Sep 18 Post #3 Sep 17 then seems to go backwards in time to August.
Is the sequence of posts within threads in top down (as expected) or or bottom up. Or are the dates shown against individual post just incorrect.
The date against this post is shown correct, [EDIT] but I have just replied to another post and the date of my post showed as âSep 15â instead of âOct 11â that it should be. Me thinks dates of posts is inaccurate or messed up at present on new Forum, unless someone can explain.
Just confused.
It confused the hell out of me for a while. It should mean the most recent reply first and the oldest recent reply (that you havenât read).
You should also see a Last Visited line indicating when you last visited this topic if you have previously visited it. I think part of the problem is the historic data transferred to the new forum software. There is also an issue with some topics that were caught in the either between old and new when many posts were read only or lost even.