My system:
WinXP Pro SP 2
Comodo Firewall 3.5.x
avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.545
I just installed the latest Free 5.x version today. Some threads in this forum mentioned the inability to access the internet with Web Shield on. So I opted not to install Web Shield, and rely soly on Comodo Firewall for protection on that part. My question is, If I denied avast access to the internet, would this cripple its ability in any way in terms of providing protection to my system? Would the 6 shields (file system shield, mail shield, p2p shield, etc) I installed function properly?
Currently, I set the following to be the trusted applications in Comodo's Computer Security Policy. But in Network Security Policy, I disable their internet access.
ashquick.exe
avastsvc.exe
avastui.exe
Is this OK?