Kakapo im trying to reply to the PM you sent me but it says im Blocked?
Could someone try sending kakapo a PM to see if they can get through?
Seems that IM from all users are blocked…
Is there a reason for block PM’s ???
Who knows…? It’s a personal option.
I have tried to send Kakapo a PM at least a year ago and was shown that I was blocked. It’s still that way as far as I know.
Is yours blocked??? because I can’t send one to you either.
Sure, it’s not mine… Why would I block you?
I’ll double check my settings… They’re ok.
I have just one user blocked due to personal feelings.
Strange, today it’s working. yesterday it didn’t. ??? ??? ???
How does one send a PM on the Avast forums? I see no hint of a way—
You need 20 posts before it will be activated.
Wow! How did you know that? Thanks! I notice you get around pretty well for an old man!!!
PM’s were working at some point yesterday as I sent a PM out and I recieved a reply.
Hi Mac and thank you for this post.
I certainly haven’t blocked your IMs, Mac - I just checked. (I haven’t blocked anyone! Especially you Neal! I’m always interested in what people here have to say and used to enjoy receiving IMs.) Must be a message board glitch, I guess.
Since we cannot communicate by IM, maybe you could post your reply to my question here, Mac?
To others reading this thread, I asked Mac which firewall he used because my friend’s just bought a new Mac. She was offered a free Norton suite but is reluctant to use Norton. (She’s been listening to me too long I guess.) I also asked Mac if there were any “issues” with Mac OSX and Avast for Mac. I’m very interested because our next computer will be a Mac too.
Thank you and happy days to all.
Happy days to you Kakapo. Just tried to send you a PM and it still says it’s blocked. Must be something wrong with the board then. Anyway cheers! 
Welcome back
Hi Kakapo — I tried to send an email to you, but your email address has changed; mine is the same; I’d love to hear from you! 
And the roses? Is your garden still as beautiful? I’m not allowed to send PMs yet, but should be at any time now.
Well, now that I CAN send PMs, it does no good; I received my PM, but get the Blocked message just as the others did ! I’m supposed to receive emails as well, if you would like to try that.
Mac OS X has a built in Firewall that you can enable. Its a two way firewall. Found under the Security preference pane in Leopard. If you prefer a 3rd party solution, lots of mac users use Little Snitch.
http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
Avast for Mac still has a few minor issues at the moment, but Alwil has sad they will be fixed in the next release. I would recommend downloading Avast and using the trial version so you can see how you like the product. if you do encounter one of the bugs there are some workarounds posted in the Mac section of the forum.
Hello Kakapo my dear New Zeland friend!
May I suggest few things here?
On my Mac I use Little Snitch (not free, but those $28 CAD I spent on lifetime license and upgrades for free is the best spent money I ever did). It helps you stop/allow all call-home attempts any application installed in your computer tries to do. I am sure I will never switch to anything else, this piece of software is so solid it is incredible. Never ever had any single problem, not a minor one. It looks like perfectly coded application done by pure professionals.
Website link: http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
As for antivirus, I use ClamXav (completely free of charge) currently one of the best anti-viruses for Mac computers and what’s also very important, it is rock-solid, plus its footprint is so small, you won’t even notice it’s there. It catches stuff that avast! is still unable to deal with.
Link: http://www.clamxav.com
Cheers!