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Great! This is also what I want to know! And also, why does !Avast report an incompatibility issue with ZA, and ask me to disable a feature of ZA? Sounds suspicious…
The only features on ZA that need reducing are cookie control and ad blocking both set to medium. If I knew how to get screen shots I would gladly do it. The privacy controls on ZA do not actually do much if you have XPSP2 and or FF 1.03. The question asked at Avast launch is to reduce webshield scanning so that it does not conflict with ZA. Personally I used RejZor’s AEC to put webshield back to full strength and turn off ZA privacy controls. Works perfect for me. Also the problem only affects ZAPro not (as far as I know) the free version…
I think it is the settings under ‘Programme Control’ in ZA. (Access, Server, Email =allow, block, ask) that are being asked for. I’m not sure I understand about RejZor’s AEC??? What do you mean? Yes, I have ZAPro.
Cheers
Anvil
The actual firewall controls - internet and Trusted are set at High. The Privacy - main tab has ad blocking and cookie control off. Allow all Avast services to connect to the internet and trusted, additionally allow webscanner full server access (there should be 5 entries under programme control) Allow avast mail scanner mail access
AEC from here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=3021.0
EDIT not a picture but allow( as taken from my programme tab):
File name D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\setup\avast.setup
File name D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
File name D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe (allow email rights)
File name D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
File name D:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe (allow server rights)
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Ok Cartel here are my ZA settings I hope it is of some help
they seem to work well for me??
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Cartel
as far as I know this is all that is required for Avast to run via ZA
ashServ.exe = Virus Scanner
ashMaiSv.exe = Mail Scanner
ashwebsv.exe= Web Scanner
the fourth as far as I know is the update service as per graphic
What is RPCSS ???
Here Cartel you can use a program like this for your screen caps
Best of all FREE
PS use the (modify) feature to ajust your screen capture
I have my Zonealarm Pro Internet and Trusted zones set to high EXCEPT when using my home LAN (3 PCs:- a P1, a PIII and a PIV interconnected through a Netgear Ethernet Router).
As my internet connection is with Telewest and uses a cable modem & the same ethernet & Router as the LAN, the Firewall Zones section has the individual LAN workstations added and put into the trusted zone. To browse files etc I have to change the Zonealarm Pro TRUSTED zone to MEDIUM and no problems!
As far as the cookie controls etc I have never used Zonealarm Pro for this as I prefer to use Firefox or Mozilla which can block individual sites cookies, and also blocks pop-ups, scripts etc etc. So the ZA pro PRIVACY stuff is all set to OFF and no blues with Avast and its web component!!
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Screenshots can be done easily by pressing the “Prt Scr” button next to the Scroll Lock button and above the Insert button. Then go to your favourite graphics program (check out www.gimp.org for a good free one) and then paste the screen shot into a new document.
In Microsoft’s Photo Editor (comes with Office), you just go to file and select “Paste as New Image”, or in Gimp you go to the file menu and select “Acquire” and then “From Clipboard”. I think in Photoshop you have to open a new document, which will automatically suggest the dimensions of the image in the clipboard, then go to the edit menu and select “Paste Into” or something like that.
To save the document, the best results will come from cropping the image to show only the relevant details, then saving the image as a jpeg with fairly high compression (GImp or Photoshop do the best job here - Microsoft Photo Editor is awful at compressing). Reducing the resolution and using low compression isn’t as good as leaving the resolution high and using high compression.
Rygle.
Please delete this string…still no settings
Ok I think I might have a picture now I hope
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/m.k.n@btinternet.com/detail?.dir=ba9c&.dnm=f499.jpg&.src=ph
If someone could check it out and let me know
Just tried to upload an attachment but it was tooooooooo big
Cool, thanks that did help but 1 more left…
Distributed COM Services ?
As far as I know there is no requirement for DCOM to access the net you might want to go here to download the decombobulator
http://www.grc.com/dcom/intro.htm
It also has further data on DCOM
What does DCOM do for you?Well let’s see . . . it attracts Internet worms and permits your system to be remotely compromised by malicious hackers. Other than that, it’s of absolutely no practical use other than to adorn Microsoft’s “We Have That Too” chart. There may be some custom corporate application developers who have managed to make some use of it, but mostly no one ever has. Nonetheless, it’s there in Windows so that the competitors’ CORBA isn’t.
The DCOMbobulator will help everyone test
their DCOM patches and finally turn DCOM off.
It is running with “ashserv.exe”
Is the DCOMbobulator for 98se ?
I thought its for XP
Process PID CPU Description Command Line Version Window Status
Idle 0x0 91.81 System Idle Process
DDHELP.EXE 0xFFFCCB09 Microsoft DirectX Helper ddhelp.exe 4.09.0000.0900
RUNDLL32.EXE 0xFFFBAEB5 Run a DLL as an App rundll32 4.10.0000.1998
PSTORES.EXE 0xFFF8AF35 Protected storage server C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PSTORES.EXE 5.00.1877.0003
KERNEL32.DLL 0xFFCF8691 0.57 Win32 Kernel core component 4.10.0000.2222
MSGSRV32.EXE 0xFFFFF22D Windows 32-bit VxD Message Server 4.10.0000.2222
MPREXE.EXE 0xFFFFCFB9 WIN32 Network Interface Service Process C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE 4.10.0000.1998
VSMON.EXE 0xFFFE87E5 1.14 TrueVector Service C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE -service 4.05.0594.0000
ASHSERV.EXE 0xFFFE200D 0.38 avast! antivirus service “C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe” 4.06.0622.0000
RPCSS.EXE 0xFFFC44CD Distributed COM Services RPCSS 4.71.2900.0000
EXPLORER.EXE 0xFFFECC65 0.19 Windows Explorer C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe 4.72.3612.1700 Running
SYSTRAY.EXE 0xFFFDDF8D System Tray Applet “C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SysTray.Exe” 4.10.0000.2224
TASKMON.EXE 0xFFFDC48D Task Monitor “C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe” 4.10.0000.1998
ZLCLIENT.EXE 0xFFFC911D 1.33 Zone Labs Client “C:\PROGRA~1\ZONELA~1\ZONEAL~1\zlclient.exe” 4.05.0594.0000
ASHWEBSV.EXE 0xFFFC5419 avast! Web Scanner “C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\AVAST4\ASHWEBSV.EXE” 4.06.0652.0000
PROCEXP.EXE 0xFFF88F81 4.57 Sysinternals Process Explorer “C:\Utilities\Sysinternals\process\procexp.exe” 8.06.0001.0000 Running
IEXPLORE.EXE 0xFFF84675 Internet Explorer “C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe” 6.00.2800.1106 Running
mmtask.tsk 0xFFFE2709 Multimedia background task support module 4.03.0000.1998
Process: RPCSS.EXE Pid: FFFC44CD
Type Name Handle Access
Device WSOCK2 0x60 0x00000000
Event 0x10 0x001F0003
Event 0x18 0x001F0003
Event 0xA0 0x001F0003
Event 0xA8 0x001F0003
Event 0xB0 0x001F0003
Event 0xB8 0x001F0003
Event 0xC8 0x001F0003
Event RPCSS_Initialized_Successfully 0xD0 0x001F0003
Event 0xD8 0x001F0003
Event 0xE4 0x001F0003
Event 0xEC 0x001F0003
File C:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT 0x7C 0x00000133
File C:\WINDOWS\COOKIES\INDEX.DAT 0x88 0x00000133
File C:\WINDOWS\HISTORY\HISTORY.IE5\INDEX.DAT 0x94 0x00000133
MappedFile rpcrt4sharedmem 0x14 0x00000000
MappedFile fileAllocatorMutex 0x40 0x00000000
MappedFile DCOMSharedGlobals12321 0x48 0x00000000
MappedFile fileAllocatorMutex 0x50 0x00000000
MappedFile C:_WINDOWS_Temporary Internet Files_Content.IE5_index.dat_65536 0x80 0x00000000
MappedFile C:_WINDOWS_Cookies_index.dat_32768 0x8C 0x00000000
MappedFile C:_WINDOWS_History_History.IE5_index.dat_32768 0x98 0x00000000
MappedFile nView Shared Memory 0xF8 0x00000000
Mutex nView Shared Desk Mutex 0x100 0x001F0001
Mutex nView Shared Trans Mutex 0x104 0x001F0001
Mutex MsnSspcPrivatePwdMutex 0x1C 0x001F0001
Mutex 0x20 0x001F0001
Mutex OleCoSharedStateMtx 0x24 0x001F0001
Mutex OLESCMSRVREGLISTMUTEX 0x28 0x001F0001
Mutex OLESCMGETHANDLEMUTEX 0x2C 0x001F0001
Mutex OLESCMROTMUTEX 0x30 0x001F0001
Mutex OleDfSharedMemoryMutex 0x34 0x001F0001
Mutex ScmWIPMutex 0x38 0x001F0001
Mutex ObjectResolverGlobalMutex 0x44 0x001F0001
Mutex Winsock2ProtocolCatalogMutex 0x54 0x001F0001
Mutex Winsock2ProtocolCatalogMutex 0x58 0x001F0001
Mutex WininetConnectionMutex 0x68 0x001F0001
Mutex 0x6C 0x001F0001
Mutex WininetProxyRegistryMutex 0x70 0x001F0001
Mutex !MSFTHISTORY! 0x74 0x001F0001
Mutex c:!windows!temporary internet files!content.ie5! 0x78 0x001F0001
Mutex RPCSS_RUNNING 0x8 0x001F0001
Mutex c:!windows!cookies! 0x84 0x001F0001
Mutex c:!windows!history!history.ie5! 0x90 0x001F0001
Mutex WininetStartupMutex 0x9C 0x001F0001
Mutex OLESCMLOCKMUTEX 0xC 0x001F0001
Mutex MPRMutex 0xD4 0x001F0001
Mutex 0xDC 0x001F0001
Mutex 0xE8 0x001F0001
Mutex 0xF0 0x001F0001
Mutex nView Shared Memory Mutex 0xFC 0x001F0001
Process RPCSS.EXE(FFFC44CD) 0x4 0x001F0FFF
Semaphore DocfileAllocatorMutex 0x3C 0x001F0003
Semaphore DocfileAllocatorMutex 0x4C 0x001F0003
Semaphore 0xB4 0x001F0003
Semaphore PowerProfileRegistrySemaphore 0xF4 0x001F0003
Socket 0x64 0x00001130
Socket 0xA4 0x00001130
Thread RPCSS.EXE(FFFC44CD): FFFC4291 0x5C 0x001F03FF
Thread RPCSS.EXE(FFFC44CD): FFFA26BD 0xAC 0x00000000
Thread RPCSS.EXE(FFFC44CD): FFFA26BD 0xBC 0x001F03FF
Thread RPCSS.EXE(FFFC44CD): FFFA2239 0xC0 0x00000000
Thread RPCSS.EXE(FFFC44CD): FFFA3949 0xC4 0x00000000
Thread RPCSS.EXE(FFFC44CD): FFFA2F5D 0xCC 0x00000000
DCOM is disabled on my system with no adverse affects. Dcombobulator is for all versions of windows. Your DCOM appears to be running as a subprocess of rpcss.exe which is not a file held on XP however, I do have a rpcss.dll on my system.
Info about RPCSS.exe here http://www.cexx.org/rpc.htm
I took ashserv.exe out of the startup and rebooted and rpcss is gone…
Process PID CPU Description Command Line Version Window Status Window Title Company Name Path
Idle 0x0 93.93 System Idle Process
RUNDLL32.EXE 0xFFFC860D Run a DLL as an App rundll32 4.10.0000.1998 Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE
DDHELP.EXE 0xFFFC7F21 Microsoft DirectX Helper ddhelp.exe 4.09.0000.0900 Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE
KERNEL32.DLL 0xFFCF867D 0.78 Win32 Kernel core component 4.10.0000.2222 Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
MSGSRV32.EXE 0xFFFFF2C1 Windows 32-bit VxD Message Server 4.10.0000.2222 Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
MPREXE.EXE 0xFFFFCF55 WIN32 Network Interface Service Process C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE 4.10.0000.1998 Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
VSMON.EXE 0xFFFE6BC9 0.39 TrueVector Service C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE -service 4.05.0594.0000 Zone Labs Inc. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE
EXPLORER.EXE 0xFFFEA44D 0.39 Windows Explorer C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe 4.72.3612.1700 Running Program Manager Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
ASHWEBSV.EXE 0xFFFDED99 0.20 avast! Web Scanner “C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\AVAST4\ASHWEBSV.EXE” 4.06.0652.0000 ALWIL Software C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHWEBSV.EXE
SYSTRAY.EXE 0xFFFD451D System Tray Applet “C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SysTray.Exe” 4.10.0000.2224 Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
TASKMON.EXE 0xFFFD44C1 Task Monitor “C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe” 4.10.0000.1998 Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
ZLCLIENT.EXE 0xFFFC1285 0.59 Zone Labs Client “C:\PROGRA~1\ZONELA~1\ZONEAL~1\zlclient.exe” 4.05.0594.0000 Zone Labs Inc. C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZONE LABS\ZONEALARM\ZLCLIENT.EXE
PROCEXP.EXE 0xFFFBBCED 3.72 Sysinternals Process Explorer “C:\Utilities\Sysinternals\process\procexp.exe” 8.06.0001.0000 Running Process Explorer - Sysinternals: www.sysinternals.com Sysinternals C:\UTILITIES\SYSINTERNALS\PROCESS\PROCEXP.EXE
mmtask.tsk 0xFFFE27E5 Multimedia background task support module 4.03.0000.1998 Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk