Avast Free Antivirus 5.0.418 disables apache server on localhost

[josedsilva]

Apache server on localhost got disabled and cannot startup after installing Avast Free Edition.  Is there anyway to exclude apache from being blocked by the Avast Free Edition? I am using Windows XP.

[Vlk]

Any error messages? What exactly does it mean "cannot startup"?

Thanks
Vlk

[josedsilva]

I get this error message whenever I try to start the apache server, "the requested operation has failed".

The Event Viewer reported this error:
The Apache service named  reported the following error:
>>> (OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.  : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80

Now this error occurred only after installing the Avast Free Edition. Apache started normally before installation of the anti-virus.

[Vlk]

Please open the command prompt, and execute this command

netstat -a -b

Then post the results.


Thanks
Vlk

[josedsilva]

netstat results are attached.

I think there is a conflict on port 80. Maybe some module of Avast is bound to (or listening on) port 80 and this is preventing apache from listening on port 80. I changed apache's listening port to 8080 and the web server (apache) started.
Is there some way to configure Avast so that apache server can listen on port 80 ?

[rodneysieb]

Hi

I also have an apache server running as a wampapache service on port 85.

Avast 5.0 disables this although i can restart the service manually no problem. How do i setup an exclusion for a port? i have already setup an exclusion for the program that runs this service but it is still blocking it. Microsoft security essentials also blocks this by default.

[dblanco]

After upgrading to Avast Anti Virus Pro 5.0.677, web access on localhost with Apache server stopped working.
Apache uses port 80. Service starts properly and does not log any error. Netstat reports that port http is listening.
Avast using web forwarding options, change the http port 60.
What could be the problem? how to fix?
Thanks

[adilk]

You can access your localhost by 127.0.0.1 ... It worked for me. The whole 'localhost' reference isn't working for now.