I use Avast anti virus. Avast updated this morning and I could no longer use my Flex 6700. It did not show up in SSDR.
I checked and the upgraded Avast was blocking SSDR, DAX and CAT applications. I added overriding firewall rules but that didn't work.
I then noticed on the Firewall page that during the upgrade Avast changed my Ethernet connection from private to public which then violated the access rules. This was causing the problem. I changed it back to private and everything worked.
Anyone using Avast should watch out for this.
I checked and the upgraded Avast was blocking SSDR, DAX and CAT applications. I added overriding firewall rules but that didn't work.
I then noticed on the Firewall page that during the upgrade Avast changed my Ethernet connection from private to public which then violated the access rules. This was causing the problem. I changed it back to private and everything worked.
Anyone using Avast should watch out for this.
- 855 Posts
- 271 Reply Likes
Posted 3 years ago
Ria - N2RJ, Elmer
- 2317 Posts
- 960 Reply Likes
- 824 Posts
- 199 Reply Likes
Yes, having your Ethernet connection marked as Public will shut you down. It makes your laptop/computer think you are on a public lan connection (like being in a Starbucks).
73
73
Tim - W4TME, Customer Experience Manager
- 9199 Posts
- 3561 Reply Likes
- 221 Posts
- 36 Reply Likes
No- you must come up here to Seattle to get that...
- 30 Posts
- 7 Reply Likes
Good tip. In the last few months, Avast has broken a few things for me (DXLABS is common). I've gone back to Microsoft Essentials for now. Go ahead, laugh. Nothing can protect you from a day one exploit!
- 41 Posts
- 9 Reply Likes
Wow 3 years later it just happened to me. Thank you... However I don't want a three year coffee.
- 186 Posts
- 59 Reply Likes
Which version are you using? I use the Free version, hams are cheapos.., and haven't had any problem yet. Would be interesting to know if this is a problem when using the full paid version, vs the free one.
Related Categories
-
SmartSDR for Windows
- 5334 Conversations
- 1639 Followers
-
FLEX-6700 Signature Series SDR
- 3132 Conversations
- 644 Followers
-
SmartSDR CAT
- 1003 Conversations
- 403 Followers