This is normal, I mean, the number of connections. ALL HTTP traffic is being scanned by WebShield.
Yep, but, when ashWebSv.exe works normally, Ashampoo does not monitor a lot of connections from it. It monitors much more connections from the web browser's exe file, not that much from the avast! scanner.
Sorry, but most probably the problem will be at Ashampoo monitoring dll, etc.
What happens if you disable the firewall?
IIRC, disabling the firewall doesn't always help ashWebSv.exe to lower its CPU usage.
I often have to kill and restart it instead.
Comodo firewall has a similar bug few days ago: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=25287.msg207204#msg207204
Effectively, it seems to be the same kind of bug.
Hi Maxime :
I recall seeing some "negative" posts about Ashampoo "combined" with Avast !?
Have you tried using this forum's "search" feature, using the "term" "ashampoo"
to find informative info on the subject !? If not, it would be wise to do so .
There are lots of other firewalls, some of them free, that do NOT seem to have
"problems" with Avast .
I've already done so
But I only found informative posts about Ashampoo, eg. "new firewall: Ashampoo Firewall", "Ashampoo Firewall: has anyone tried it?", etc.
I've found nothing relevant about Ashampoo having a conflict with ashWebSv, that's why I tried to report it as a new bug, as I didn't know if somebody already reported it.
I also tried to search on Ashampoo forums, but found nothing relevant related to avast! Web scanner.
I feel sorry, as I'm unable to give you more detailed information...
But the next time I'll encounter this bug, I'll try to grab more information, maybe it'd help you (or the Ashampoo team) to solve this issue.