Vista RC2 64bit & Avast 4.7 vs MS Firewall

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Gidday this is my first attempt at this so don’t shoot!!! :o

Under MS Firewall exceptions there are instructions as follows:
"The components of avast! 4 that should be allowed to connect:
avast.setup - I can’t do because the firewall exceptions are just looking for EXE’s etc. & won’t allow ‘all file type’ options.
avastXX.setup (where “XX” are some numbers) - I can’t see this anywhere!
aswUpdSv.exe - I have done
ashServ.exe - I have done
ashWebSv.exe - I have done

Basically I can’t update the virus definitions- anyone got an answer? ???

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There shouldn’t be ANY need to add ANY rules to the Vista firewall for the updates to work…

What is the error message you’re getting, exactly?

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No Error message at all.

Upon reboot Avast informs me my virus defs. are out of date & to update them.
I then try this and … it attempts to but … nothing happens - no warnings from firewall or error messages!

I was guessing it must be the firewall. :frowning:

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Check the file \setup\setup.log, please…

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Hi Vic,

All is good from Home!

I was trying to update from work & our firewall must have been blocking it!
(I had already been asked to produce user & password when setting it up and answered yes but it still must have blocked the updates).

It is used on my own laptop & from home it updated straight away.
Thanks for your time anyway.

Regards,

Vandaman. :smiley: