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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Eddiebug on December 17, 2012, 10:26:26 AM

Title: firewall
Post by: Eddiebug on December 17, 2012, 10:26:26 AM

my avast won't let me turn on my firewall or choose my location eg. home  ???

Title: Re: firewall
Post by: Pondus on December 17, 2012, 10:48:40 AM

did you just install avast?
what AV did you use before avast?
did you uninstalled it before installing avast?

Title: Re: firewall
Post by: Eddiebug on December 17, 2012, 11:19:46 AM

i hat to reinstall it on a new HDD but the same computer as my old HDD died so the MAC address and the OS keygen are the same it's the internet security that I'm using and there are 116 days left before i have to renew

Title: Re: firewall
Post by: Asyn on December 17, 2012, 11:24:49 AM

Repair avast!:
1. Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs -> avast!
2. Click on 'Repair'.
3. Follow instructions.
4. Reboot.

Title: Re: firewall
Post by: Eddiebug on December 17, 2012, 12:28:26 PM

i just learned from the howtogeek forum that I'm protected with my windows firewall and that the two would conflict with each other

Title: Re: firewall
Post by: Asyn on December 17, 2012, 12:44:45 PM

-> https://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=1172#idt_24