Cannot login to Party, Zone Alarm/Avast Antivirus issue?

[LowDown22]

I'm hoping someone else here has run into this problem. I am running Zone Alarm (free version) and Avast Antivirus (also free), and as of the latest Avast update I am no longer able to login to Party or Empire Poker. Short of un-installing these programs, does anyone know how I can work around this issue? (I know my Party account is fine because I can log in from another PC.)

[JAque]

I don't use these programs in particular, but zone alarm should have a configuration where you manually allow applications to go through the firewall. The executable for Partypoker should be listed as "blocked" or as an "allowed" application.

JAque

[Beavis68]

ZA should prompt to allow or deny Party access to the internet.

It could be your anti-virus, turn it off and try it.

[LowDown22]

This is correct, and it is 'allowed' to connect. I've been running both for months now. Something changed with the Avast update a couple days ago and I can no longer connect to Party now. I ran across something that vaguely suggested there was some new issue between Zone Alarm and Avast but I cannot figure out a way around it.

[JAque]

Did you try to disable ZA and Avast one at the time and see if you can connect? If this does not work, did you try un-install Party and try it again.
Un-install Avast/disable ZA and re-install Party?
Is this only an issue with Party?

JAque

[Beavis68]

Becareful turning off ZA.

Last time I did I have to reload my drive image. Of course, my computer was riddled with [censored] too.

[LowDown22]

I'm trying to avoid having to go through uninstalls on ZA and Avast. I have tried turning off Zone Alarm and Avast protection separately, but it made no difference for Party or Empire. I suppose there is a chance they were not completely shutdown as I did not stop either program entirely. Instead I disabled the various services like Webscan, Email scan, etc. Perhaps I can try that next.