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Title: "Unable to start firewall" message
Post by: Petomane on February 28, 2010, 02:31:59 PM

I've suddenly started getting the message "Unable to start firewall". All was well before yesterday and I've not changed anything.

(http://www.coolspools.eu/firewall_error.jpg")

The Avast Firewall service is set to start automatically, but is not started. When I try to start it manually, I get

(http://www.coolspools.eu/firewall_error2.jpg")

Can anyone suggest a reason for this or how I might investigate the cause of this service failing? Any logs anywhere I can view?

Thanks

Pete

Title: Re: "Unable to start firewall" message
Post by: QuantumJoe on March 14, 2010, 11:42:35 AM

Have you found a solution yet?

I've a new install on windows 7 and it's doing the same to me.

Title: Re: "Unable to start firewall" message
Post by: Gandalf1369 on March 14, 2010, 01:10:23 PM

I would do these two things:

1. Ensure that the Windows Firewall is turned off.
2. Go to "Control Panel" -> "Add/Remove Programs" -> choose Avast! -> choose "Repair".
3. Reboot

Not sure if this will help but certainly worth a shot.

Let us know if you get it working.

Good luck . . . .
 

Title: Re: "Unable to start firewall" message
Post by: MAG on March 14, 2010, 01:34:46 PM

I get the same problem on XP SP3 - but not if I log in as an administrator.

Title: Re: "Unable to start firewall" message
Post by: Mongol on March 14, 2010, 11:02:02 PM

I got the same message a couple of times doing a reinstall of the Security Suite. I tried repairing but it didn't work. I finally used the Avast 5 uninstall tool and removed all traces of Avast. I did another install and now it works fine and dandy... :o 8)

Title: Re: "Unable to start firewall" message
Post by: REDACTED on January 11, 2015, 08:05:06 PM

2. Go to "Control Panel" -> "Add/Remove Programs" -> choose Avast! -> choose "Repair".  Worked for me. 

Title: Re: "Unable to start firewall" message
Post by: bob3160 on January 11, 2015, 10:08:40 PM

Quote from: Michael339 on January 11, 2015, 08:05:06 PM

2. Go to "Control Panel" -> "Add/Remove Programs" -> choose Avast! -> choose "Repair".  Worked for me.

Don't forget to reboot your system after the repair finishes. :)

Title: Re: "Unable to start firewall" message
Post by: REDACTED on March 05, 2015, 01:49:44 PM

Isn't the reason we have Avast so that we don't have to deal with stuff like this?

Title: Re: "Unable to start firewall" message
Post by: bob3160 on March 05, 2015, 04:41:39 PM

Quote from: yc_ent on March 05, 2015, 01:49:44 PM

Isn't the reason we have Avast so that we don't have to deal with stuff like this?

??? ??? Like What ??? ???