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Offline sid1996

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Bug in Firewall
« on: September 30, 2022, 08:48:19 AM »
There seems to be a bug in the Firewall in Avast Premium Security. When setting the firewall to Ask about new apps, sometimes it's automatically changed to Smart mode. This is a serious bug as you're unable to trust the firewall to honor the configuration.

Offline r@vast

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Re: Bug in Firewall
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2022, 10:58:52 AM »
Hi,

Do you see it changing from Ask to Smart Mode in the Firewall settings, or are you referring to the behaviour?

Offline sid1996

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Re: Bug in Firewall
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2022, 01:21:12 PM »
It changes from Ask to Smart mode in the settings, and subsequently in behaviour. I've changed it to Ask probably 10 times the last month. It keeps the value for a while, and then suddenly it's back to Smart mode without warning or user action.

Offline Rundvleeskroket

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Re: Bug in Firewall
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2022, 03:49:39 PM »
Did you change any other settings anywhere in Avast, or deactivate and re-activate shields or settings in the meantime?
« Last Edit: September 30, 2022, 04:03:49 PM by Rundvleeskroket »

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Re: Bug in Firewall
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2022, 05:12:04 PM »
No, no other changes were done in Avast between setting it to Ask and it being automatically changed to Smart mode.

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Re: Bug in Firewall
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2022, 03:17:44 PM »
No, no other changes were done in Avast between setting it to Ask and it being automatically changed to Smart mode.

Hi,

Can you provide a support file ID, please? https://support.avast.com/article/submit-support-file/