WDTV Live, Windows 10 and Avast

WD Legacy Products WD TV Media Player
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Hi,

After upgrading to Windows 10 the WDTV Live doesn’t see my Windows Share. After lots of trial and error the problem seems to be with Avast, if I disable the Avast firewall I can see my PC.

Anyone have any idea what config to change in Avast? I have the local IP range set-up as a ‘friend’ , e.g. 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255.

I would have thought that this would allow all two way traffic between WDTV and PC.

Thanks
Nivk

2

Hello there,

I have not tried this, i don’t have avast installed on my computer, but lets see if another user can share some information or tips on this matter.

3

I’m having the exact same problem. I don’t want to get rid of avast as AVG has annoying popups.

4

Hi,

I uninstalled Avast but the connection still isn’t perfect.

If I need to reset the WD or my PC then it’s hit and miss whether the WD will see the Windows Share - it can go days and not pick it up and then suddenly the PC will appear.

I’ve assigned static IP addresses to both devices to see if that helps.