Hi
I have only just noticed this today but if I try to watch video news items on the bbc website (click Watch/listen to BBC News on
www.bbc.co.uk) the player is unable to connect to the media if I have Web Shield running and I have chosen Windows Media Player (V11 installed) as my preferred player. If I stop Web Shield then all is well and the video begins buffering and eventually plays.
There is no problem if I choose Real Player as my preferred player (I actually have Real Alternative installed) and the media plays ok with Web Shield running.
(Once player is open there is a link at the bottom left, 'Change how I view or hear this', which enables changing from one player to another)
It is the same using Firefox and IE6
My avast version is 4.7 Home edition Build Oct 2006 (4.7.892).
Problem may have arisen since updating to WMP V11 sometime late last year.
Anyone else experienced the problem?
Thanks.
Edit: Looking at firewall traffic logs it appears when using Real Player the program showing in the application column is C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe but when using the Windows player the log shows C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe