We’d block that either. 
So the Network shield is working on outbound connections (DNS to resolve the domain name to the IP address) and not just inbound as it was previously then ?
The reason I ask is DNS is on port 53.
No, I didn’t.
I’ve forgot to turn it on after ;D
What do you mean? I’m indeed using OpenDNS.
I’ll repair my installation.
OK, I use OpenDNS as my dns server and the Network Shield it appears to block this before it even gets there.
My only comment is that whilst it does block and alerts ‘silently’ no normal avast audio visual pop-up window, just an understated listing at the bottom of the screen which disappears after about 5 seconds. The browser, Firefox 3.0.3 displays a page not found pop-up, see images.
So all in all I feel this is a very understated alert, perhaps too understated as it could go unnoticed by the user if they miss the list at the bottom of the screen, they might just wonder what the problem is with the page not found browser pop-up.
Strange… booted once and now it keep asking to boot again…
Sounds like something is preventing some changes in avast! folder…
What does setup.log say?
17.10.2008 12:01:19.000 1224255679 system Reboot set by changed resident C:\Windows\system32\drivers\aswTdi.sys
17.10.2008 12:03:24.000 1224255804 registry Cannot set reg. key:SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID{f414c260-6ac0-11cf-b6d1-00aa00bbbb58}\InprocServer32
17.10.2008 12:05:29.000 1224255929 registry Cannot set reg. key:SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID{f414c262-6ac0-11cf-b6d1-00aa00bbbb58}\InprocServer32
17.10.2008 12:07:34.000 1224256054 registry Cannot set reg. key:SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID{B54F3741-5B07-11cf-A4B0-00AA004A55E8}\InprocServer32
After the four tentative, and booting, eicar file is being detected and the Network Shield shown it’s warning while trying phising websites. Don’t ask me what happened…
By the way, we can’t read the log… column width change impossible…
Also the counter of Network Shield did not increase…
The missing scrollbar in the NeEtwork Shield properties window will be fixed, thanks.
The scan count doesn’t go up, that’s by design (these are not scans per se).
Now, since you started using Comodo (with Defense+) it sounds like a logical culprit. It seems like it’s blocking some file writes occasionally.
Hmmm…
I wonder if you could retry the beta install with D+ disabled.
Cheers
Vlk
I followed the instructions but it prevented to load Windows normally (boot start-up) so I had to expose myself naked to malware and reinstall the old version. Hope you’ll solve this problem soon! :o
Everything is working great here and thanks Avast.
Awesome! Can’t wait to get home from work and test this baby. I just had this feeling like avast! pre-release update is ready. And it actually was lol.
As strange as it might sound i actually missed any kind of warnings from the Network Shield.
It’s sooooo cool to see it doing something lol. Yeah i know, i’m weird… ;D
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=39392.0;attach=27908;image
Will “infected count” increase when something is blocked and will “last infected” display URL of the blocked website?
I’ll wait the next beta release and, if I do not forget, try to do so.
No problems Vista SP1 ;D
All fine … very good work!
Even outlook plug-in works perfectly.
Thank you Avast Team.
Tevion
We’d certainly need some more info. What exactly happened?
If there was a bluescreen or restart… is there any corresponding minidump (in Windows/Minidump folder)?
Funny. It seems that my ISP checks Google’s URL and corrects it by itself if there are any typing errors. Tried typing www.gooogle.com and i was simply redirected to www.google.si. And i’m NOT using OpenDNS. Is there any other URL that i could use as checking tool for this new feature?
There have been occasions where legitimate (non-viral) content was blacked out entirely simply because of one questionable hosted file or link. There was also no option of whether you wished or not to bow to ESET’s decision to control what you can or cannot view on your own computer; the only way to bypass that was to disable the HTTP scanner entirely.
I’m wondering if avast! has my ass covered if the Network Shield does indeed turn out like this, by giving me the option to disable this feature.
What about checkmark option like this (enabled by default):
That would be a very welcome addition indeed.