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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2014, 10:33:20 AM »
I am confused now. The Windows firewall settings have not been changed from bog standard.
I do not have AIS so presume nothing is being blocked. Webshield is blocking this as if turned off all streaming work wheter it is in IE FF or Chrome or even via the W8 Metro app.
Turn Webshield on and all stall. At that point I am not touching any firewall settings.

Not convinced this is a firewall issue at all.

Any ideas?

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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2014, 03:16:20 PM »
I am confused now. The Windows firewall settings have not been changed from bog standard.
I do not have AIS so presume nothing is being blocked. Webshield is blocking this as if turned off all streaming work wheter it is in IE FF or Chrome or even via the W8 Metro app.
Turn Webshield on and all stall. At that point I am not touching any firewall settings.

Not convinced this is a firewall issue at all.

Any ideas?
You should be able to test if it's the firewall by leaving Webshield on and turning off the firewall.
If that works, you need to reset the permission in the firewall.
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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2014, 06:07:01 PM »
Has any third party firewalls been installed, then disabled or removed?  If so, there may be remnants interfering, as most don't remove themselves cleanly.
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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #18 on: July 26, 2014, 07:27:43 PM »
Hi, anyone from Avast around, I still have no solution apart from turning webshield off....I cannot stream Netflix.

What is this meant to do ??
[General]
UseStreamFilter=0

It does not work for me.....on W8.1

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Not had any response from Avast! tecchies as yet. I have been using Avast for many years without any problems. Now on W8.1 and the new AVAST! and all my streaming does not work with webshield turned on.. Surely some kind of contact would not be too much too ask ?!? Even if it was to say "No there is no fix" get a different product.
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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #19 on: July 26, 2014, 07:30:36 PM »
- Which avast!..?? (Free/Pro/IS/Premier)
- OS..?? (32/64 Bit..? - which SP..?)
- Other security related software installed..??
- Which AV(s) did you use before avast!..??
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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2014, 08:01:01 PM »
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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2014, 08:26:27 PM »
I have windows firewall off and Webshield on....streaming stops dead.

https://sites.google.com/site/tecchie2011/netflix-prodlem-with-avast

No other firewalls installed.

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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #22 on: July 26, 2014, 08:29:30 PM »
Answer the questions from: Reply #19
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2014, 09:49:11 PM »
The only other malware util I use is spybot and I have tried the same scenario with spybot disabled.

On windows 8.1 I have not used any other version of avast! but the latest. However on a w7 pc I have older version as mentioned earlier and on that Netflix and BBC iplayer work fine unlike on the w8.1 PC

My guess is that because the streams do not originate from a www.netflix.com or suchlike url but from IP addresses.
As those ip addresses are not embedded into trusted sources by avast database they get blocked. I can see in the realtime data windows a multitude of ip addresses are scanned and presumably blocked...netflix appears to use more than one stream maybe I need to learn all of those and exclude them!

You can see those IP addresses in the pictures I posted earlier.
I will exclude those IP addresses see if it helps.




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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #24 on: July 26, 2014, 09:50:52 PM »
- Which avast!..?? (Free/Pro/IS/Premier)
- OS..?? (32/64 Bit..? - which SP..?)
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
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Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #26 on: July 26, 2014, 10:55:02 PM »
Since then I added about 6 IP addresses which I have capture via realtime data and it kinda works till the streams starts coming from a different ip address then it dies....

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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #27 on: July 26, 2014, 11:08:44 PM »
The only other malware util I use is spybot and I have tried the same scenario with spybot disabled.

What version of SpyBot Search & Destroy are you running?  Also, Free, Home, or Professional?
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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #28 on: July 26, 2014, 11:13:46 PM »
my spybot:


Thanks for your patience.
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Re: Avast web shield and Netflix
« Reply #29 on: July 26, 2014, 11:16:42 PM »
here is the internet spybot settings: