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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: REDACTED on April 20, 2018, 07:13:02 AM
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I have a local network of 5 computers that are also connected to the Internet. I have Windows XP on them.
The firewall prevents me from sharing files between them. I have to disable the firewall in order to able to transfer files in the local network, but I don't think a deactivated firewall is a good idea when using the Internet.
What do I have to do in order to keep the firewall and be able to share files?
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Is the FW set to Private..!?
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Is the FW set to Private..!?
Tried both settings. No change.
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Enable "Internet Connection Sharing Mode" (Firewall -> Settings -> Policies)
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My bad. Was given the wrong info.
Turns out the software that is installed on one of the PCs and the other 4 PCs were using through the netowork, was not accessable because of the firewall, so I used the instructions to add an exception.
Sorry. Nevermind.
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No problem, thanks for the feedback.
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I use AIS and the avast firewall default setting for a new network is 'Public'. Just so you know.
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useless avast blocking my smb traffic on my private network despite of i enable that before
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Hi Béci welcome to the forums.
Last reply was 20 April, 2018 so topic is very old and may not pertain at all to your issue(s).
Please start a new topic and say what Avast is doing to your system what system you have and what operating system. Version of Avast would help also.