Installation Question

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I am looking into potential issues prior to installing Avast in an XP service pack 2 pc with Sygate Personal Firewall Pro 5.5. Since Avast is said to include some sort of firewall of its own. I would like to know whether it may conflict with SPFPro either during installation or under normal operation. My concerns do not include allowing Avast to connect to various IP addresses in order to get updates, set up, etc., as this issue is well-documented and can be handled routinely. My concern is whether there are firewall-to-firewall conflicts and, if so, how they can be resolved. In addition, I would like to know if the installation is affected by the existence of SPFPro and, if so, whether any precautions are needed.

Thanks in advance for your comments!

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Hi, I use Avast! pro + Sygate firewall pro + SP2 firewall without conflict or pb on XP pro 8)

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There should be no problems during install or after the installation.

Avast doens’t have a firewall. It is IDS (Intrusion Detection System)

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Not in particulary…
ashMaiSv.exe (Mail service) and avast.setup (a temporary file generated while updating) must connect the Internet.
No server rights should be asked.
Anyway, Sygate has some ‘problems’ while identifying the temporary update file and, maybe, you have some minor difficulty to setup Sygate (rules). Most users do not find any trouble.
Welcome 8)

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Thank you all!

I will go ahead with the installation. I hope all will end up well.