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Eddiebug

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firewall
« on: December 17, 2012, 10:26:26 AM »
my avast won't let me turn on my firewall or choose my location eg. home  ???

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Re: firewall
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2012, 10:48:40 AM »
did you just install avast?
what AV did you use before avast?
did you uninstalled it before installing avast?

Eddiebug

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Re: firewall
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2012, 11:19:46 AM »
i hat to reinstall it on a new HDD but the same computer as my old HDD died so the MAC address and the OS keygen are the same it's the internet security that I'm using and there are 116 days left before i have to renew

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Re: firewall
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2012, 11:24:49 AM »
Repair avast!:
1. Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs -> avast!
2. Click on 'Repair'.
3. Follow instructions.
4. Reboot.
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

Eddiebug

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Re: firewall
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2012, 12:28:26 PM »
i just learned from the howtogeek forum that I'm protected with my windows firewall and that the two would conflict with each other

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W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0