after fiber installation, all servers disappeared

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

FWIW: The Windows built in anti-virus seems to work just fine. It is vastly improved from just a few years ago. I know that people do not trust anything Windows (with pretty good cause) but, it seems, that Microsoft has actually produced a good, solid anti-malware system.

To me the big players in anti-virus and anti-malware are trying very hard to convince people they need more but I find simple commons sense and the built in protections are every bit as good as the big boys and are free and, usually, do not get in the way of proper operation.

There is a LOT of money being made by people bent on protecting others from non-existent threats.

Also, if you are really paranoid about a site or set of sites there are many VPNs that provide good isolation for access to questionable sites. Even the free built in VPN in Opera is pretty good, albeit a wee bit slow.

I will never again waste money on paid antivirus software.

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On 8/18/2024 at 12:09 AM, Happy2Play said:

Pretty sure it has its own firewall also so would expect the same results.

An overview of the Bitdefender Firewall feature

I would not pay for something else I would just look at creating exceptions in Avast for application and firewall rules of Emby ports.

https://emby.media/support/articles/Connectivity.html#open-tcp-port-8096-on-your-servers-firewall

How to use Firewall in Avast Antivirus, Avast Premium Security and Avast One on Windows PC | Avast

 

thanks all, problem is resolved (Avast menus for the firewall is not clear, and why it does override WIndows firewall with no option to remove this setting is ...)

topic closed (not sure how I close)