Using WinPatrol and OA together is unnecessary since OA has autorun protection and HIPS. Why do people pack on the security I will never understand.
Actually i don't use the HIPS in OA just the firewall and runsafer for some internet facing program. Also i find it more user friendly than the windows firewall, i tried to setup the win 7 firewall but i find its complicated, OA is much simpler. Moreover i excluded avast and OA from each other so there sould not be any problem, i guess
Never thought winpatrol could be a reason. I really liked this program because it only alerts when it really matters.
May be i should look for a new firewall which plays well with avast. Could anyone suggest different firewall which will be good with avast.