Pavel,
It's nice to hear from you..it's been a long time since a moderator has responded to this thread.
I realise the others are on holiday, and you must be pretty busy.
Please realise that we are just concerned about this issue.
I don't know about anybody else posting here, but I am not a computer expert, though neither am I a newbie.
I have been letting RPCSS.exe access the internet, believing it to be a legitimate action, used by Avast to get virus updates.
At first, I blocked it, but then later, as it seemed OK to give it access, I did so, and have been doing so for the last 2 days.
Now, if this is NOT Avast calling on it to access the net, what have I been allowing to be sent in and out of my computer?
I hope you can appreciate my/our concern.
I would like to add that I have never even come across RPCSS.exe intill I installed Avast a short while ago.
If it turns out that RPCSS.exe has nothing to do with the Virus signature updating service, and can be blocked by a firewall without preventing Avast from doing it's job, (please see Jusme's last posting though, which I quote below) then I'll be quite happy, and won't bother anyone about it again.
I am, apart from this one issue, very impressed with Avast, and once reassured about this issue, and have a fuller understanding of how/why RPCSS.exe is used by the Avast, I will be a devoted user, I am sure.
Thankyou. I look forward to hearing from one of the software authors, hopefully on Monday or soon after.
Jusme..
you say:
No I didn't update manually, avast still does that despite disabling RPCSS.EXE !!! (it updated with a new fileset only today)
and:
Also, not allowing it to connect to the net does not seem to affect the functionality of the software, mine starts and seems to be running fine.
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If what you say is true, then what Pavel and Vlk said in this posting:
http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=220;start=0is not true.
Raman,
I must believe them- that the RPC service is needed for Avast to be fully functional.
Cheers, all,
PcB