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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: nedw on July 16, 2019, 05:11:16 PM

Title: Sharemouse blocked by firewall
Post by: nedw on July 16, 2019, 05:11:16 PM

Lately Sharemouse is being blocked by Avast (Premier) firewall. I've added an exception, tailored the application settings but this doesn't seem to work. The only way I can access other computers on my network using Sharemouse is by turning off the firewall. Suggestions?

Title: Re: Sharemouse blocked by firewall
Post by: Pondus on July 16, 2019, 06:37:53 PM

Is your firewall network profile in puplic or private mode?


If in puplic, try setting it to private and reboot ...

Title: Re: Sharemouse blocked by firewall
Post by: nedw on July 16, 2019, 10:19:16 PM

My network is set to private. I've never had this issue before. I just had to add my application settings and there was no conflict.

Title: Re: Sharemouse blocked by firewall
Post by: Asyn on July 17, 2019, 05:31:41 AM

Try the Geek Area settings, mentioned here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?msg=1505540

Title: Re: Sharemouse blocked by firewall
Post by: nedw on July 17, 2019, 12:38:12 PM

Not sure why but Sharemouse started working this morning with no intervention on my part. I went ahead and check the "Geek:area" settings as suggested anyway. Thanks for all the suggestions from the forum members.

Title: Re: Sharemouse blocked by firewall
Post by: Asyn on July 17, 2019, 12:49:59 PM

NP and thanks for the feedback.