I am trying to obtain Scottrade.com’s streaming quotes through Java, and apparently Avast! is blocking the data that needs to stream through port 80. Can anyone help me resolve this issue? Thanks much.
Streaming information like this can fall foul as it doesn’t strictly use HTTP protocol and the use of JAVA to could be the reason.
The web shield redirects all http traffic so that it can be scanned, but it is expecting the traffic to be using HTTP Protocol.
You can add the IP address of the Scottrade site so that it doesn’t get redirected.
From the avastUI > Settings > Troubleshooting - scroll down and expand the Redirect Settings > WEB > Ignored addresses: and add the IP address.
Obviously there is a limited risk in ignoring the site - given that it uses JAVA, which could be exploited.
Thanks much.
You’re welcome.
What is the IP used for Scottrade’s streaming quotes?
I’ve tried the above recommendation with no luck. The only way I can get it to work is to disable the web shield altogether, fire up the streaming quotes, then re-enable the web shield. It still allows the connection to remain up even after re-enabling it.
Thanks
I don’t know it, if you use firefox, you could try the World IP add-on (WIPmania.com), this displays the IP address of the site you are visiting.
Correct me if I am wrong but under Settings > Antivirus if you scoll down to Exclusions and enter the url it will exclude the site from all shield protection. Would this not allow the streaming data?
I’d think it would. The downside is that “all” shields would “not” be scanning scanning traffic from that website.
But a good third party firewall with HIPS would probably give you an added layer of protection.
Yes you would need to define an ‘Allow’ rule for an application which you trust, which depending on the nature of the streaming data could leave you wide open to malware/spyware etc
If the OP makes the exclusion the “rule” is automatically made.
Like east yorkie and myself alluded to, you will become more open to malware attacks.