New Network discovered - why?

[karol_kacperczyk]

Hello,

I have recently made a clean install of my system. After installing Avast it discovered a new network and asked me if it was public or private as expected. However, I noticed yesterday that Avast discovered yet another network although i didn't make any changes to router settings and such. I also noticed a message from Win10 telling me that my other security program namely ZoneAlarm was disabled for some time. It all happend while i was away from my computer for couple of hours. Now should i treat it as a security concern?
Why Avast would discover a new network even though it was named exactly as before (realtek pcie gbe family network controller)?

[karol_kacperczyk]

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Is there no one who could tell me why Avira would find a new Network without me doing any changes to it?

[bob3160]

You can only have one AV on your system. If you're using Avast,
you can't use Zone Alarm or Defender. One at a time.

[karol_kacperczyk]

Is it agains't some law rules? I'm going to be fined for that? But seriously - I have used Avira Free Edition(it has no access to it's inbuilt firewall in that version) and Zone Alarm for years now. Haven't noticed those two programms interfere with each other.

I admitt though that i'm currently testing Avira PREMIUM(inbuilt firewall enabled) with Zone Alarm active and enabled in the system tray. Are you suggesting that having 2 firewalls enabled led to temporarily switching off one of them( that would be Avira switching off ZA) and finding a new Network?
Lastly, before i get criticized for running (but only for a few days up to now) 2 independent  firewalls i want to say that i know it's generally not advisable but i haven't noticed any problems so far.

[bob3160]

Is it agains't some law rules? I'm going to be fined for that? But seriously - I have used Avira Free Edition(it has no access to it's inbuilt firewall in that version) and Zone Alarm for years now. Haven't noticed those two programms interfere with each other.

I admitt though that i'm currently testing Avira PREMIUM(inbuilt firewall enabled) with Zone Alarm active and enabled in the system tray. Are you suggesting that having 2 firewalls enabled led to temporarily switching off one of them( that would be Avira switching off ZA) and finding a new Network?
Lastly, before i get criticized for running (but only for a few days up to now) 2 independent  firewalls i want to say that i know it's generally not advisable but i haven't noticed any problems so far.

"So Far" that's the magic word. It's your computer.
When you state Zone Alarm, without clarifying that it was only the firewall component, it naturally brings into play the use of 2 Antivirus programs.
It was that part of your question that I was honing in on.
You'll need to wait for someone else to reply to your network question.
The fact still remains that running 2 Firewalls and/or 2 Antivirus programs is not recommended.