Problem With Outpost Firewall

[legendkiller]

Hi,
    I am using the lastest version of Avast Home Edition.Yesterday in decided to install outpost and during installation i got a warning saying that outpost has some conflict with it and will add it to its "Exclusion List",to which i said ok.

But after reboot,i found that avast was not working and it showed a "cross" on avast taskbar icon,similar to the one which appears when you disable "On-Access Protection"..

The problem solved when i un-installed Outpost 4.0

[Lisandro]

I got a warning saying that outpost has some conflict with it and will add it to its "Exclusion List", to which i said ok.

I don't think Outpost firewall will conflict with avast, even installing the antispyware module (which I think is poor on detection).
Which Exclusion list did you set Outpost? Avast Exclusion list?

But after reboot,i found that avast was not working and it showed a "cross" on avast taskbar icon,similar to the one which appears when you disable "On-Access Protection"...

Well... seems there is a conflict...

I hope David could help you here soon...

[DavidR]

I have had no conflict with Outpost Pro v4.0. However, when I reinstalled the latest version (bug fixes) over the top of the existing one (after disabling the self protection) I too got the possible conflict issue and ticked the box as you did and rebooted to complete the installation and no problems. This conflict/compatibility check was only introduced with the latest update to OP Pro 4.0.971.7030 (584)

In my previous 4.0 the only plug-ins I use are the DNS cache and the Attack detection, the others especially the anti-spyware and Attachment Quarantine are stopped/disabled.

Obviously I had an existing installation of OP Pro 4.0 and even though I said to use my existing configuration the install over the top enabled all plug-ins which after reboot I disabled. But, at no point did I get any red circle and bar in the avast icon.

All I can suggest is you try the installation again and fully read the question about the conflict/compatibility before you check or uncheck the avast entry. Sorry I can't recall the exact wording of the question or if I checked or unchecked the option, so I can't say for sure.

Before you reboot try to Stop the anti-spyware plug-in (possibly you won't be able to), if that still causes the red circle in avast, try to stop the OP anti-spyware plug-in again and reboot.