What is the purpose of setting this shield to “Ask” when only possible answer from warning dialog is “Abort the connection” ???
so you’re talking about the web shield, not the network shield, can you correct the title of your thread. This said, I tested that on 4.8, but not on 5.0/5.1 … I was actually sure that the behavior was the same… but it’s not. It is actually pointless to set the webshield to ask, as you’re just asked to confirm that you want to abort the connection with no other choice ;D ???
The alert doesn’t even mention the web shield btw… well it is indeed it (the web shield), as confirmed in the scanned page interface.
Okay guys, how do we get a chance to cancel the web shield action if wanted? closing the alert window instead of clicking ok aborts the connection too… cancel button or allow option needed here. I know, you won’t like that, but why offer the “ask” option then?
ps: thing is for obvious reasons I prefer the abortion mode, explaining why I didn’t even bother checking that on 5.1 … I may have during the 5.0 beta not sure…
edit: also, the option to submit the file to Avast doesn’t really make sense as the connection is being aborted, making it impossible obviously to submit anything.
Well, that’s not fully true (about the submit) - I’d say the file gets submitted, but of course only the part downloaded so far. Might actually be the full file, “cached” by the WebShield, but yes, it also can be truncated - but obviously the submitted part contains that something avast! detects.
As for the options… yes, I also find it strange to have one option only (even though I know DavidR would be unhappy if it went away, because while the window stays open, you can catch the detected file in TEMP ;)). In this particular case (WebShield / Ask), I would vote for an “Allow” option - but I’m not sure how complex it would be in the code.
[And, I’m also not that one who deals with the GUI stuff or design.]
okay I’ll test that again and see what’s in the temp folder while the alert is open, thanks for the precision.
Yes, I can confirm it : While the window is open, you can catch the file in C:\Windows\Temp-avast5-
Greetz, Red.
Yes, it is a very handy option for investigating reports of web shield alerts especially those that most consider FPs only to find sending that file to virus total and or examining the unp999999.tmp file can show the malicious script, etc.