Various Services and whether they should be in firewall's trusted zone

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I am using the Netveda firewall. The particular firewall in use is probably not salient to my question(s) I noticed that some of the Avast! Home AV services were in the trusted apps section of the firewall and some were not. I used the Firewall’s search function and found the Web Shield, AshWebSv.exe and added it to the trusted applications zone. When I opened a web page the next time, Netveda told me that a new application, AshWebSv.exe, wanted on the internet.

Does this mean that I was not utilizing the Web Shield until now?

Moreover, should I add all of the .exe apps of the Avast AV to the trusted zone of the firewall ? Maybe I am not using some of the other services properly.

Thanks,

B.

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Could be… but as you have XP, it should be there transparently, without user intervention.

No, into the firewall settings, the following programs should be allowed to connect:

C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe (avast! Web Scanner)
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe (avast! e-Mail Scanner Service)
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\avast.setup (avast! Update executable)

Don’t need rights to connect:
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe (avast! antivirus service)
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashUpdSv.exe (avast! Update Service)
Other exe files into avast folder.

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Thanks! A quick, helpful reply.