Hi, I did an in program update of avast to the new version 2014.9.0.2006 and am running into a few issues with the Firewall.
I have paid version of avast IS and have been Avast supporter for many years. Running Windows 7 64 bit.
My IDE program has a built in FTP that is being blocked by Avast Firewall. If I turn firewall off, it works. Turn it back on it is unable to connect.
Went to Tools -> Firewall -> Application Rules - Find the application and set to 'all connections' and 'Allow connections to all networks' outbound and inbound. And no joy! Still no connection.
Then if I check the firewall logs, for blocked traffic the last update was yesterday. I.E. it is not logging blocked traffic even though it is blocking my program.
Finally, my android phone is now blocked also after the Avast program update and my file explorer (ES File Explorer) is no longer able to see my PC in a scan. Yet if I turn off Firewall, it shows up. It is even blocked when the IP address for my device is in a valid range of IP addresses of Friends (Firewall -> Settings -> Friends) and under policies I have ticked 'Allow all connections with Friends when in Private mode'.
Please advise.