24Online client crashes with Avast antivirus

Recently when I moved from AVG antivirus to Avast antivirus, I couldn't use my 24Online Client as it used to crash every time I started it. The only way to start it was to disable Avast, start the 24Online Client and then enable Avast again. A real pain! After a bit of trial-and-error I found the solution.

Go to the main screen of Avast. From there go to "REAL-TIME SHIELDS > Web Shield". Click on the "Expert Settings button".

Configure 24Online for Ubuntu / Linux

At my home I connect to internet using 24Online. The service of this ISP is pretty good with prompt customer support. I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 with dual boot on my Windows Vista PC. Ubuntu is a pretty good OS, but without an internet connection there's nothing much you can do with it.

For Windows, 24Online provides a UI client.

But for Linux there's no UI client available - only command line utility is available. If you already have an account with 24Online then you can log in your account from browser and download the file from "Client" menu in the website or you can download the file from here (13.2 KB). You can get your IPv4 settings by going to "Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Manage Network Connections". Right click on "Local Area Connection" icon and click on "Properties". From the dialog box select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and click on "Properties" button. Note down the IP addresses from the fields marked in the screenshot below.