COM ports 1-4 blocked .. help

[coz]

somehow since installing this all my com ports are blocked (actually everything was blocked from internet to accessing my cellular phone .i've recovered most but my com port *ill rant on this later)


im trying to revert to my old situation , where everything worked
i think it causing problems with peerguardian and spybot

someone know a quick fix ?
(searching on com is a bit pointless :X i tried )

[polonus]

Hi coz,

Run port detective here, and see what they come up with.
http://www.portdetective.com/

Success,

polonus

[Lisandro]

Somehow since installing this all my com ports are blocked

This what? avast?
Oh, it's not possible as avast is not a firewall, just scan, does not block anything.

I think it causing problems with peerguardian and spybot

No, avast! works perfectly with SpyBot and PeerGuardian... This is not the trouble.
Which firewall do you use?
If you disable avast! WebShiedl, does it help in anyway?

[coz]

thanks for the quick reply ..  but what do tcp ports have to do with COM! COM2 COM3 and COM4

[Lisandro]

thanks for the quick reply ..  but what do tcp ports have to do with COM! COM2 COM3 and COM4

Serial ports!?   
I didn't notice that it could be a hardware conflict! 
You should give us a detailed information about what's happening or we won't be able to help you...
Oh, by the way, my dinner time... I'm leaving for a while.

[coz]

Somehow since installing this all my com ports are blocked

This what? avast?
Oh, it's not possible as avast is not a firewall, just scan, does not block anything.

i didnt say avast blocked it ..but since rebooting they were blocked

I think it causing problems with peerguardian and spybot

No, avast! works perfectly with SpyBot and PeerGuardian... This is not the trouble.
Which firewall do you use?
If you disable avast! WebShiedl, does it help in anyway?

xp firewall

i agree , it shouldnt be the problem ..but a bit more reservedness please (re: not possible / IS not ) i suspect it to be the problem
i found a problem .. near nothing worked (FF, IE, mail, internet, microsoft activesynch, com ports .......)
when i disbled everything of avast , peerguardian and spybot , i could email , and internet again..
even in IT 1+1 = 0 *

i've spend two days on this and as said . i do know a bit* on computers

thanks for the quick reply ..  but what do tcp ports have to do with COM! COM2 COM3 and COM4

Serial ports!?   
You didn't mentioned this is a hardware conflict! 

  i said it first in the title ..  but the first poster asumed tcp ports and 1 , 2 ,3 and 4 sure are quitte common
ok my bad i should have capitalized it .. but note the

(searching on com is a bit pointless :X i tried )

ah well , ill try it with serial .. thats at least less ambiguous..  its 2am here .. couldnt come up with 'serial' instead of COM.. LOL

You should give us a detailed information about what's happening or we won't be able to help you...
Oh, by the way, my dinner time... I'm leaving for a while.

thanks so far anyway, enjoy dinner

by head something like this , and with a whoooooooole lot of steps removed
1. installed avast
2. few days later rebooted
3. find heck
4. disable avast
5. uninstall avast {didnt help}
6. reinstall avast , and disable it  (well . 4-6 cycled a few times allong with booting and all )
7. think i humored myself and ran spybot (trying to disable avast from booting)
8  found out that disbling peerguardian and spybot gave me back the connection
9 tried the extra uninstall tool
X settled on running avast with everything disabled . peerguardian disabled and spybot running.. since i didnt want to ruin a third evening

[coz]

spybot 1.3
peerguardian 2
autoupdate numberless xp firewall ..
avast 4
xp 5.1.2600

Thanks
i'll check back in the morning if there is something clever that i'm overlooking ..goodnight
(oh , and no i didnt change any hardware, other settings, etcetc ..just in case someone askes :') )

[coz]

goodmorning

[Lisandro]

Coz, as I've said, avast is not a firewall, just scan, does not block anything. I'm not so sure that a firewall could block the COM ports. Maybe, I'm not an expert on firewall.
I see no relation between avast! and your COM ports being blocked.
Can you post a screenshot of your hardware devices? (Control Panel > System > Hardware > choose the option to see the components)

[coz]

your absolutely right . as a IT guy i'd say the same

{ill post it later , i did a quick check if there was a reply .. im off to bed need to get up at 5am and its 11:30)