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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: spotty on February 11, 2012, 07:02:26 AM

Title: Which URLs are used for updates?
Post by: spotty on February 11, 2012, 07:02:26 AM

Hi,
I'm wanting to setup my firewall to allow avast to update.
Which URLs does it use for virus and program updates etc?
thanks

Title: Re: Which URLs are used for updates?
Post by: ady4um on February 11, 2012, 07:12:25 AM

The process performing the updates is called "avast.setup". Its location (path) changes.

The url's of the servers for updates, AFAIK, are

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download*.avast.com (note the " * " ).

Title: Re: Which URLs are used for updates?
Post by: CraigB on February 11, 2012, 08:50:09 AM

I would also like to ask which firewall you are trying to set avast up with as if it is a firewall that combines hips then there are three avast services that should be set to allow all in the applications list of your firewall,
( avast service, avast setup and avast gui ).