Not pings from avast! Tech, but pings initiated by the gamer to test the response between the gamers PC and the on-line game host url.
And what does avast! have anything to do with this?
Nothing, that is what I said "not pings from avast" Gamers often initiate pings to check the response of the overall connection as it can effect the playing of the game. What DimaRoma is saying is he believes that avast's scanning is slowing response times.
@ DimaRoma
Now I could be wrong here, but I think a ping doesn't use the http protocol not port 80 in which case it won't be scanned by the web shield even if it were scanned the pink is absolutely tiny so I can see that slowing it. The ping speed I also feel is irrelevant to the real world playing of the game as that content may well be scanned making the ping rate meaningless.
Sorry I now virtually nothing about on-line gaming, what protocols it uses, etc. However if it uses http port 80 then it will be scanned by the web shield, you can test this by opening the web shield provider detailed view and see if the Last Scanned and Scanned Totals change. If so it is being scanned and terminating the Web Shield may well speed up your gaming but would leave you more vulnerable whilst on-line.
