I have inadvertantly posted a problem elswhere and have come to this forum. Could anybody explain in simple terms what to do in AVG to solve the incombatibility problem. The solutions described here are technogarbage to me. What for instance is CPF.?
G'day Gerard,
CPF = Comodo Personal Firewall
I will attempt to tell you how to do set up CPF so it allows AVGs email scanner to work without resorting to "technogarbage", BUT to make an omelette you have to break eggs - to set up security software you've got to be willing to take on a bit of knowledge.
1. Open CPF
2. Click on the SECURITY button at the top of the window
3. Click on APPLICATION MONITOR button at the left hand side of the window
4. Scroll through the list of applications until you find AVGEMC.EXE (this is AVG's email scanner)
5. Double click this to start editing the rule for this application
6. Click the MISCELLANEOUS tab
7. Select "Skip advanced security checks"
8. Click OK
You can now shut the CPF window, as we have completed modifying the rule to allow AVG's email scanner to work. You should wait a couple of minutes to allow the modified rule to be re-integrated into the rules database. If you reboot your PC, this will force the updated rule to be written to the database and used on system startup.
Once your PC has re-started, or you have waited a handful of minutes, open your email package and attempt to download your emails. You may notice a small lag when the first email is being received. After the first one, it should operate pretty much at normal speed.
Hope this helps,
Ewen :-)
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