Hello,
I’m using Avast free. When I installed a new application and ran it for first time I was asked by Avast whether to allow it to open connections. I chose to block it. Now I don’t want to block it anymore.
However ridiculous it may sound I find it impossible to learn how to do this?
Try a repair. Control Panel>Programs and Features>Uninstall>double click “avast”>click “repair”>reboot. 
Is this a joke? Seriously, I can’t tell.
No it is not a joke.
Try it…really!
You mean reboot Avast or the machine?
Making sure because it’ll be pain full for me to reboot the machine right now.
Is it the avast! Behavior Shield or AutoSandbox pop ups ? If yes go to the interface > security > paths i said (AutoSandbox is in the File System Shield) > Settings.
Mr.Agent
Your computer.
Mr.Agent:
I don’t remember but I don’t think it was any of that. It has to do with socket connections. I don’t want the app to connect to internet but now I need it to work with some other software and it’s not working. I think it’s because they talk using sockets which I blocked but can’t be sure because the damn Avast has no damn relevant panel to monitor this.
I guess setting up so that it can connect locally or only with specific ports or protocols won’t even be possible?
Para-Noid:
Why the workaround? I mean what is this?! If I have to go into all that trouble I might as well trade Avast for some other soft that will work for me and not the other way around.
Oops sorry I just posted ais data
It’s not a work around. It’s quick and totally painless.
With all due respect by the time the thread got this long you could have been done. 8)
With all due respect by the time the thread got this long you could have been doneyepp....it takes about two minutes. :)
And to think about all the repairs and clean installs I did during each of the beta tests since v5.1 ??? :
Not to mention all of the troubles DavidR had with v8.0 beta. Glad I wasn’t him.
Socket Connections ok is it this you mean ? Look at the picture of Essex and look in Firewall > Network Connections.
Edit : lol its for IS sorry… Well i hope Essex can help you, because i dont understand what you mean.
Mr.Agent
Did my suggestion work? ???
It sounds like you are using Avast Internet Security. If so, go to the firewall Application Rules and delete any entries for the program you now want to allow access. When you run the program again, AIS Firewall will (depending on how you have it set) either allow the connection or ask for permissions. I have the firewall to alert me when it creates a new firewall rule. You can also modify the packet rules. You could mess with the existing block rule for the program but AIS is very good at setting the proper rules for programs.
The OP states he is using Free.
Yep, I overlooked that. It does sound like a firewall issue, but it’s not Avast’s firewall. :-[
I’m not so sure. The OP claims that “I was asked by Avast whether to allow it to open connections”.
The “asked by avast” is what’s bugging me. It doesn’t sound like Free and it’s been a long time since I used AIS.
Right now I’m thinking along your lines that it’s probably a firewall issue.
Could this be related to the AIS firewall or a third party firewall?
The OP didn’t give much info. OS, other security software, what/which version of avast?
I hope they allow Bob to put up a sticky about the information we need so we can give solid help.
With the sticky labeled “read this before posting”.
Except for the “free Avast” in the first post, everything else sounded like AIS. I don’t see anywhere else in Avast except the firewall that mentions packets and denying access to the network. Only Pirs01 can clear it up, and only when he gets over his confusion about what Avast product he is running. 
+1 And he’s nowhere to be found? ???