Network Shield keeps popping up a warning about an exploit, and giving a voice message. The statistics page shows no infections, so I can't tell what the problem is about. In one case it popped up while downloading a Windows Update, and the update failed. There are no exclusions permitted on the network shield, but I've now added the Windows Update server URLs to the web shield.
I don't want to disable the Network Shield protection, but I don't want lots of popups and voice warnings - especially when they just tell me it has been blocked and there is nothing I can do about it. Other popups are useful ro informative, but the network shield is just like having a firewall that pops up for every intrusion and can't operate silently. Do I have to shut off all alerts just to silence the network shield?
Edited to say that I'm using Vista SP2, and just installed Avast 5.0.418.