concurrent connections limit in avast

[Lisandro]

Is there a way to dump Internet Mail provider?

[alanrf]

As for testing with Wireshark ... I use Wireshark and it may be I do not configure the options correctly but I never see localhost traffic captured by it - perhaps Igor has fuller advice.

Tech, I based my comments on you saying that you had terminated the Internet Mail provider and you still got the ports opening. When I was testing with Comodo I was particularly looking for some conflict between it and avast in the handling of the port 110 intercepts and I did not find any. 

Do the ports still show in TCPView if you permanently terminate the Internet Mail provider and restart?

Have you considered (temporarily) uninstalling avast completely and seeing if the multiple ports continue to open?

[Lisandro]

Tech, I based my comments on you saying that you had terminated the Internet Mail provider and you still got the ports opening.

No, if I said this, I was wrong.
Terminating the Internet Mail provider (so avast won't scan), the Windows Mail download the emails without they have been scanned AND the ports AREN'T being opened.

Do the ports still show in TCPView if you permanently terminate the Internet Mail provider and restart?

Not even necessary to do this. Just terminating the provider, opening Windows Mail and the ports aren't being opened.

Have you considered (temporarily) uninstalling avast completely and seeing if the multiple ports continue to open?

I think it's not necessary. Just terminating the provider I have the same results.

[alanrf]

Let's see ... running out of ideas ...

you said the problem appeared close to installing Comodo 3.  Have you tried completely removing it just to exclude it from the problem?

Did you make any changes to the Windows Mail or STunnel configuraton? 
Is the k9filter involved in the proxy chaining for your Windows Mail?
Which ports do you have the Internet Mail provider set up to intercept?

The last set of questions are just because I was wondering if you might have accidentally set avast scanning into a loop.

[Lisandro]

you said the problem appeared close to installing Comodo 3.  Have you tried completely removing it just to exclude it from the problem?

It happened before. But generally it was due to Gmail ips being blocked by PeerGuardian.
Some boots and things get back to normal.
After installing Comodo, I got it work once I suppose... nothing more.
I'm afraid to uninstall Comodo as it gave me a lot of work to get it working...

Did you make any changes to the Windows Mail or STunnel configuraton? 

No.

Is the k9filter involved in the proxy chaining for your Windows Mail?

It shouldn't. Only on http traffic. It was working all the time, both on Vista and XP.

Which ports do you have the Internet Mail provider set up to intercept?

110,11110,120
The spamihilator at 120 is disabled and not being used.

The last set of questions are just because I was wondering if you might have accidentally set avast scanning into a loop.

Ask as much as you need to help me. Thanks.

[Lisandro]

Bump...
Alwil team... don't let me alone...

[Maxx_original]

Tech: you can try to run TDIMon (Sysinternals ->MS) to watch the network activity... it can show us more maybe (about the ports usage - it fhey are open for listening only or accepting some traffic)..

[alanrf]

Maxx,

TDIMon might, I guess, work better with avast in Vista than it does in XP.  Other users and I reported problems using avast and TDIMon together in the past (including blue screens) and there never seemed to be any resolution.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=18875.0

[Lisandro]

Tech: you can try to run TDIMon (Sysinternals ->MS) to watch the network activity... it can show us more maybe (about the ports usage - it fhey are open for listening only or accepting some traffic)..

Now I'm at XP. I'll do it tomorrow afternoon, probably...

[Maxx_original]

Tech: any news here? we guessed, that's some conflict with Commodo (not necessarily between Commodo and Avast!), but we're not sure... you can contact lukor (he's a net guru ) and ask him for some useful tips, if you want..

[Lisandro]

Maxx,

TDIMon might, I guess, work better with avast in Vista than it does in XP.  Other users and I reported problems using avast and TDIMon together in the past (including blue screens) and there never seemed to be any resolution.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=18875.0

I'm not finding it for download.
On Microsoft/Sysinternals site I get:

We're sorry, but the page you requested could not be found. You might want to try another entry or use the links on this page.

For instance: http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11879

[Maxx_original]

am i right, when i assume, that all the troubles came up after Commodo upgrade? have you tried some experiments with turning it off (completely, with its driver) and check your mails? you can look then to TCPView, if there are still the strange ports open..

[Lisandro]

am i right, when i assume, that all the troubles came up after Commodo upgrade?

Not completely.
I have 'concurrent connections limit in avast' some other times before. Some of them are due to PeerGuardian blocking the Google Inc. ip's. Other times, it wasn't the problem. Maybe Internet Mail provider or Spamihilator?
Now, I'm not using Spamihilator in Vista anymore.
Also, it wasn't a Comodo upgrade but the first installation of version 3 that worked in my computer.
But could be the Comodo network driver whom is messing everything, it could...

have you tried some experiments with turning it off (completely, with its driver) and check your mails?

What do you mean by turning off the driver? Use Autoruns for instance and disabling them (and booting)?

can look then to TCPView, if there are still the strange ports open.

I'll try it...

[Lisandro]

Maxx, could it be related to loopback?
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=23287.msg192307#msg192307

[alanrf]

When, as part of investigating this issue, I installed Comodo 3 (on XP however) in training mode it recognized loopback use and I had no problems with the Internet Mail provider. 

Tech - are you still working on Vista (where you already told us you would be very reluctant to uninstall Comodo becaus of the effort to get it working) or are you now back on XP?