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Offline shoptg1

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I switched from Kaspersky Total Internet Security to Avast Premier on the advice of a friend who's a huge Fed Gov geek. Maybe that change was a big mistake, although my PC runs much better with Avast. However, I have a non-functioning VPN.
I deinstalled Avast Premier, restarted the PC. Then shut it down. unplugged it to clear out little tentacles.
Restarted. Reinstalled PIA from their site directly.
Worked fine.
Shut down the PC for the night.
Turned it on this morning. No joy.
Says No Internet access via Ethernet on the TAP Driver V9. It's up to date.
Must be on my WIFI to be getting access to the internet.

Running PIA V68 on Dell Inspiron PC running Win 10 Home.

I hate running my PC without a VPN. HATE IT!!
Have alot of financial work to do for my elderly Mum and refuse to until some angel provides me with a solution.

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Re: Avast Premier doesn't let Private Internet Access (OpenVPN) through
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2017, 06:01:48 PM »
Does this change anything .... turn off portscan


Avast UI -> Protection -> Firewall -> Settings -> Advanced -> Uncheck "Enable automatic port scan detection"

Did that work?


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Re: Avast Premier doesn't let Private Internet Access (OpenVPN) through
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2017, 06:06:40 PM »
Did you use vendor uninstaller to remove Kaspersky?

https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB11#artTitle
https://singularlabs.com/uninstallers/security-software/

Reboot system after running removal tool.
Windows 10 Home 64-bit 22H2 Avast Premier Security version 24.1.6099 (build 24.1.88821.762)  UI version 1.0.797
 UI version 1.0.788.  Windows 11 Home 23H2 - Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Avast Premier Security version 24.2.6105 (build 24.1.8918.827) UI version 1.0.801

Offline Alikhan

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Re: Avast Premier doesn't let Private Internet Access (OpenVPN) through
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2017, 06:09:45 PM »
I run Private Internet Access VPN with Avast Internet Security and it works fine without any issues at default Firewall settings.
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