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Offline IanMWalker

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Can Avast on my PC affect my roommate's Chromecast device?
« on: June 02, 2022, 12:23:54 AM »
Greetings,

I'm almost certain the above can't be true but my roommate suddenly can't connect to my network.  I haven't changed anything.

I'm just throwing this out there to try to cover everything I can think of.

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Re: Can Avast on my PC affect my roommate's Chromecast device?
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2022, 12:34:31 AM »
Rather depends on what your Firewall settings are  ?
If it is set to Private, Trusted network then if may stop your roommate connecting.

I don't use the Avast Firewall so I'm no familiar with it.
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Re: Can Avast on my PC affect my roommate's Chromecast device?
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2022, 12:51:28 AM »
Ugh, really?

That's nuts.  Another change in the latest update then as he was fine until a few days ago.

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Re: Can Avast on my PC affect my roommate's Chromecast device?
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2022, 03:06:32 AM »
Well you didn't say what your firewall settings are/were now and previously.

As far as I'm aware there weren't any changes to the settings in the latest update. 
Nothing mentioned here https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=319760.0 - This latest program update was only released on 1/6/2020 - NEW Avast Version 22.5
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