Hi there.
I have recently installed Avast! 6 Free antivirus on my computer, and almost immediately after my internet access started messing with internet access for most of my programs. To add a few examples, my steam client has lost access to the store and community, as well as the in-game browser, but still has access to the messenger client and downloads/updates. Additionally my Windows Live Mail client cannot download emails for my @live.com.au address, but will download them from my @gmail.com address, but wont allow me to display images.
These are just some of the things it has done (there are many more). I did not change any settings in these programs between installing Avast! and this occurring, and I have looked through the settings in the programs to see if there was anything that could have caused this to happen and couldn't find anything. I have thought about reinstalling these programs but wanted to see if there was anything else I could do first because some of these programs have been in use for many years and accumulated lots of data (my steam folder is 174GB and re-downloading would be a pain).
I am new to these forums but did have a look around and couldn't find anything on this. If there is a thread on this problem on this forum or any other I would be happy to look if you would post a link. Please help if possible.
Thank you in advance,
Reaver
