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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: mrgud29 on June 17, 2019, 11:03:50 AM

Title: Avast blocking visibility on local area network
Post by: mrgud29 on June 17, 2019, 11:03:50 AM
Hello, i am using Windows 7 professional, with avast free edition 19.5.2378 (build 19.5.444.503), like topic say's my avast is blocking visibility.
When i disable all avast for 10 min, my pc show's himself on my other pc (windows 10) when i turn on avast shields my pc disapear from the list on my other pc.
I deinstalled wifi inspector (i thought it was him) but it wasn't. Can someone tell me what is the problem.
Title: Re: Avast blocking visibility on local area network
Post by: mrgud29 on June 19, 2019, 04:21:34 PM
What is the point of this forum, when developers aren't answering. Or if someone else know the answer, why no one answer.
Title: Re: Avast blocking visibility on local area network
Post by: mchain on June 19, 2019, 04:51:15 PM
Are you using HomeGroup?  (You didn't say).

Are your settings set like below?

As for your Windows 10 system see this:  https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/homegroup-missing-on-windows-10/3d933a13-5747-4ddf-902b-fd3e6dbb98c0 (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/homegroup-missing-on-windows-10/3d933a13-5747-4ddf-902b-fd3e6dbb98c0)

Please be patient.  All Uberevangelists and Evangelists are forum users like you, and may not have knowledge of your issues.  Only users marked as Avast Team members are a part of Avast, we volunteer our time here.
Title: Re: Avast blocking visibility on local area network
Post by: mrgud29 on June 23, 2019, 11:04:40 AM
Everything is set correctly, visibility is on, it is set to private network, printer sharing is on, and still my notebook is not visible on my desktop, until i shut down the avast, when i kill avast my notebook appear on my network. I have 3 shields, in avast to kill one by one, but when i go to systray right klick and disable avast for 10 min, he says that he have 5 shields disabled. So i don't know which shield is blocking. And it is free edition of avast.
Title: Re: Avast blocking visibility on local area network
Post by: Asyn on June 23, 2019, 11:20:02 AM
Hi, I'm not aware of any feature in Avast Free that would/could block this.

- Other security related software installed..?
- Which AV(s) did you use before Avast..?
Title: Re: Avast blocking visibility on local area network
Post by: bob3160 on June 23, 2019, 03:40:12 PM
Since you are using the free version, there is another firewall in the mix.
Make sure that Avast is allowed full access through that firewall.
Title: Re: Avast blocking visibility on local area network
Post by: mrgud29 on June 23, 2019, 04:36:54 PM
Fresh windows 10 profesional, no other av before avast, none of the firewall exept  windows default.
Firewall isn't a problem, cause disabling avast (completely shutdown) my pc is shown on network. Turn on the avast, he is gone.
Title: Re: Avast blocking visibility on local area network
Post by: Asyn on June 23, 2019, 04:43:51 PM
Strange. Follow instructions: https://support.avast.com/article/33/ and post your File-ID here afterwards.
Title: Re: Avast blocking visibility on local area network
Post by: mrgud29 on June 30, 2019, 09:21:15 AM
Avast tool say it is all ok. Never mind deleting avast and switching to some other Antivirus.