Connections to *sl.avast.com ports 62719, 62463, 62207, 61951, etc etc...??????

Viruses and worms
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First let me say, i am not sure where else to put this…

what are these outgoing connections for?

Here is what my logs are showing me:

05/13/2009 13:39:23 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a766sl.avast.com 62719/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:40:06 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a767sl.avast.com 62463/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:40:48 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a768sl.avast.com 62207/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:41:31 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a769sl.avast.com 61951/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:42:13 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a770sl.avast.com 61695/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:42:56 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a761sl.avast.com 61439/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:43:38 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a762sl.avast.com 61183/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:44:21 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a763sl.avast.com 60927/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:45:03 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a764sl.avast.com 60671/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:52:08 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a764sl.avast.com 58111/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:52:50 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a765sl.avast.com 57855/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:53:33 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a766sl.avast.com 57599/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:54:15 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a767sl.avast.com 57343/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:54:58 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a768sl.avast.com 57087/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:55:40 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a769sl.avast.com 56831/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:56:23 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a770sl.avast.com 56575/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:57:05 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a761sl.avast.com 56319/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:57:48 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a762sl.avast.com 56063/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:58:30 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a763sl.avast.com 55807/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:59:13 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a764sl.avast.com 55551/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 13:59:55 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a765sl.avast.com 55295/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 14:00:38 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a766sl.avast.com 55039/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 14:01:20 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a767sl.avast.com 54783/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 14:02:03 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a768sl.avast.com 54527/ icmp 1
05/13/2009 14:02:45 Denied Packet 192.168.1.129 2048/ a769sl.avast.com 54271/ icmp 1

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This is the avast update process sending out a ping to check if you have a connection, if one is found then it will check for updates. I’m not sure why you would be blocking pings though.

It keeps checking every 30 seconds or so the problem is that in the avast Program Settings, Update (Connections) both options are blank, check the one that pertains to your connection method and I believe that should stop the need to ping to check for the presence of a connection.

See image, this is mine as I’m using dial-up that is the only one selected.