What is this chchdesktop01, your PC name (?) perhaps, if not how did you get that column, I did a netstat -a and that gives, Pronto, Local Address, Foreign Address and state.
Only returns two entries for 12080 Established (one on second run) and one each for the emai/news listening ports 11025, 12110,12119 and 12143 all Listening.
What seems to be the originating these other localhost ports I have no idea. I don't know if SpySweeper is also monitoring with a localhost, I have never used it.
The web shield doesn't initiate connections, the localhost is a local listening/monitoring connection and nothing to worry about. Only the ones relating to port 12080 have anything to do with web shield. Why there is this
If you have multiple windows or tabs open there are multiple connections downloading, avast is monitoring them. But, that doesn't appear to be happening to me.
I say your other query on google groups and you are getting some help there also.
You can reset your hosts file to the default, which I think is empty.
If you haven't already got this software (freeware), download, install, update and run it, preferably in safe mode.
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Ewido, a.k.a. avg anti-spyware If using winXP. or
a-Squared free if using win98/ME.