Firewall: Blocking things it shouldn't

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi, could someone tell me please how to allow people to connect to a minecraft server on my pc through avast firewall, and how to also allow people on my windows 8 network to access my shared files. I have to turn off ALL avast services when I need to do these things because there is no simple “disable firewall” option.

Thanks

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Open Avast go to Tools > Firewall >Settings
Tick the boxes in the green square > reboot

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My minecraft server is blocked when I’m in public mode, will allowing private mode connections with friends work for that?

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Yes as public mode is for when you use an open wifi connection … I.e. hotel, coffee shop etc.