help since avast was updated to version 4.6 when i go newsgroup looking/downloading avst goes whacking showns the my newsgroipe server as unknow and slooooows way down the downloading would take 20 times loneger to download and have to keep reseting the connection, and i think i added the web url into the avast exceptions but still doesnt help, i am not that computer smart, any help would be thanked.
right now i have to turn off the avast when i surf /download form newsgroups
See some of my posts. I have the same problem. First of all, you just have to stop the web shield and the internet mail shield. Alternatively, you can keep both shileds on, but you have to uncheck the NNTP scanning settings on the mail shield, and change the scan all files setting on the web shield.
Just pausing the shields doesn’t seem to do the trick. There are also port settings you can use, but they also don’t seem to help newsgroups and binary dl’s.
I won’t suggest that… The user will be unprotected… :o
Maybe you can test disabling only Web Shield.
The newsgroup shield is a new one, a feature added to ashMaiSV.exe.
If this is a firewall allow access problem?
Check that remote port 119 TCP is allowed for the above scanner process.
Just a guess though, cause mine works fine after that addition.