Thanks Logos, I feel less stupid…well at least about no being able to find it.
Moreso because the entire problem was because Filezilla’s network connection tester has nothing to do with being able to upload to an ftp site, only if you want to run an ftp server.
Filezilla instructions seem a bit murky regarding this (for a total newbie to go to their download page they would not know whether to get the client or the server). At least I got the client, but then setting up the connection instructions seem to skip over the client and go right to the server.
He is not allowed to do this until he has 20 posts per antispam rules of the forum. He will have to manually type his signature in his posts in the meantime. But this will help us help you in the future.
You can also do a search on the forum re: third-party firewalls that are compatible with Avast if you like. There are free ones available and you can often trial them, but you definitely want something that offers 2-way protection.
It's inbound protection only. It's recommended to use
a software firewall with inbound & outbound protection.
:o
Such a placebo firewall is [i]definitely not[/i] to be recommended!
Why?
• It’s running as a program and for this not strong enough.
• A virus shield is to stop critical software be transferred to ›this‹ PC, not a FW!
• What do you think do hackers have to do all the time? Attack you and me here at home or in office to waste energy to steal useless things??? So the is no attack to be feared.
• When it alerts outgoing WWW traffic, the SW which does this is already here and active. So everything is too late at all… (Or you did not read any manuals, this SW XYZ usually connects to Internet for any reason.)
Summary:
Such a FW is simply useless.
It consumes resources, wastes your time for training and control/settings, frickles too deep within OS.
No one needs such a software.
Everyone has their own opinion as to what works best for their system and set-up. Perhaps a NAT router is best for one and not another. Some people do not know what a NAT router is and therefore prefer a Windows Firewall or a third-party firewall, however the XP firewall is not sufficient protection.
There are other steps to take besides using a firewall, such as proper antivirus (Avast), layering your security software defense, using a safe browser which prohibits scripting, and common sense just to mention a few.
But it is up to each individual to decide what is best for them.