Avast partly using proxy settings

[wweghorst]

Avast is partly using the proxy setting. The program is still trying todo a direct connect to:
slow.ff.avasat.com
files.avast.com

i'm using program version: 2014.9.0.2008

[Pondus]

is there a question here....

[wweghorst]

Question: Can avast use the proxy setting that are provided and not ty using the direct connection

[wweghorst]

avast is also trying a direct connection to:

vl.ff.avast.com

[wweghorst]

More specific, the avast program that is trying to use a direct connection is AvastSvc.exe

[wweghorst]

adding to the list, avast is also trying to direct connect to program.avast.com

[wweghorst]

did some more testing:

Apparently avast is not using the proxy setting that are configured in the program all the time. So i tryed if avast is using the windows internet setting to determine the proxy configuration

tryed changing the "windows internet setting" but that made no difference.

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Internet Options from "Automatically detect settings" to "Use automatic configuration script" or "Proxy server" and hardcode the ip-number and port did also not work.

[wweghorst]

I have removed avast and going for another solution, thanks for the help.

[bob3160]

I have removed avast and going for another solution, thanks for the help.

Good luck.
It's a little hard to help when no logical question was ever asked.

[wweghorst]

i'll try to give the question again in other words. Can avast fix the bug and use the proxy setting that are set in the program?

[olddog]

Can avast fix the bug and use the proxy setting that are set in the program?

If you are referring to the proxy settings that can be set at Settings->Update, then note that it specifically says that this is "used for program updates".  I suspect that these proxy settings may not apply to other things like streaming updates, web scanning etc. If that is the case then maybe it's not a bug, maybe it's by design

[wweghorst]

Thanks for clearing that up. IMO a strange decision to implement a proxy for only a part of the communication. If you don't want a pc to communicate directly to internet u use the option of a proxy, i don't know why somebody would implement an option to use a proxy for only a part of the internet traffic.