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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: keir on February 23, 2005, 08:00:22 PM

Title: Web Shield blocking some BBC pages
Post by: keir on February 23, 2005, 08:00:22 PM

For a couple of weeks I've been getting a blank page on http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/tuesday/ (and any other day of the week) and also here http://www.bbc.co.uk/messageboards/

I've now added *.bbc.co.uk/* as an exception in the web shield and they load fine.  Why was this happening?

Using XP Pro SP2, Windows Firewall, MS AntiSpyware, Avast! Home 4.6.588.

Title: Re: Web Shield blocking some BBC pages
Post by: Eddy on February 23, 2005, 08:03:50 PM

Give the latest version of Avast a try. (4.6.603)
You are now using a 'old' beta version.

Title: Re: Web Shield blocking some BBC pages
Post by: keir on February 23, 2005, 08:34:48 PM

that's done it! great thank you!

any idea what caused it?

I've been using avast for over about 10 months now after brief unsatisfying experiences with other av packages and i love it, that's the first problem I've ever had with it!

The speedy solution to this shows 1) why you should always post all the details of OS, Avast version etc. 2) make sure to check for updates regularly (it's easy to get complacent with the constant definitions updates) and 3) this board is great!  If this had been the board for some other pieces of software all i'd have got was 'stfu d00d u must have done something wrong'

Title: Re: Web Shield blocking some BBC pages
Post by: Eddy on February 23, 2005, 08:41:03 PM

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any idea what caused it?

The version you where using wasn't called BETA for nothing ;)