Avast Pro Edition

[StealthG]

This maybe a dumb question, but I recently installed the latest AVAST Pro into one of my computers. i was wondering for this particular computer do i really need the network shield? i have a router hooked up to it, but it doesnt actually access the internet through one of the ethernet cords.

[Pete_C]

This maybe a dumb question, but I recently installed the latest AVAST Pro into one of my computers. i was wondering for this particular computer do i really need the network shield? i have a router hooked up to it, but it doesnt actually access the internet through one of the ethernet cords.

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http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_professional.html

Network Shield

A new resident protection module was added to avast! 4.5: the Network Shield. This module provides protection against known Internet worms/attacks. It analyzes all network traffic and scans for malicious content. It can be viewed as a lightweight firewall (or, more precisely, an IDS (Intrusion Detection System)).

The Network Shield is only available on NT-based systems (Windows NT/2000/XP/2003).

This line "one of my computers" makes me feel that it is a good feature to keep enabled. It will protect you if one of your other computers gets infected with a network enabled virus or worm.