How to unblock chat rooms.

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello all.

I am not a computer expert, so sorry if this question is dumb. But i have a problem.

Ever since i installed Avast 4 home i have not been able to enter into my favorite chat rooms on the internet. :-[

I have a duel boot operating system computer. I have installed Avast on windows 2000 i also have windows 98. I can chat using windows 98 but when i boot into win 2000 where Avast is installed i cannot log into chat.

Is there a simple solution to this problem? Or is there any user documentation that someone can point me to for the Solution :-\

Thanks for your time and any help you can come up with. :slight_smile:

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Which firewall are you using while booting at Windows 2000?
If you disable WebShield avast provider, will it help?

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I will try disabling “WebShield avast provider” And see what happens. The only firewall i have is the one on windows 2000 so i suppose it is Avast. I have nortons 2000 on my windows 98 OS.

Thanks for the Advice i will get back to tell you how things went.

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:slight_smile: Thank you tech It worked well.

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Avast is not a firewall and from memory Windows 2000 does not install a firewall.

I would suggest that you have a look at some of the excellent Free Firewalls available.
A firewall is a very important tool for enhanced internet security a must have imo

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