I need help in the worst way. Ever since I downloaded Avast! I have not been
able to get into certain sites I was able to get to before. Pogo.com is one of them and I need help with this asap. It seems that I have a pop-up blocker
and a firewall getting in the way. Any suggestions would be very helpful.
Sorry about the misleading subject line. I also need help configuring my
windows firewall if anyone can help.
What do you need? Did you search
avast is not a firewall neither a pop-up blocker.
If you’re not using a 3rd party firewall (besides Windows SP2 firewall) you shouldn’t have your browsing blocked.
Unless the sites you’re visiting are infected and then WebShield (from avast) will block the access.
I have Avast and go to Pogo.com on a regular basis to
play games and have no problems IF I REMEMBER TO
TURN OFF MY POPUP BLOCKER.
And it would be best if you installed a firewall like Zone
Alarm instead of using the in-house not-very-effective
Windows “Firewall”.
Can you tell me please how to get rid of windows firewall?
Before you try to disable/switch off the windows firewall (half a firewall is better than none) you need to have installed a third party firewall. Zone Alarm free works fine with avast and has a relatively friendly user interface.
Start, Control Panel, Windows Firewall, from here you should be able to disable it if required. If you install another firewall, the likelihood is that the windows firewall will disable itself.
Just disable it like David said AFTER you have a third party one installed.
But, after that, if you want you can even disabling the firewall service to start. No active Windows Firewall at all.