Samsung smartview and AV programs.

mich

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[FONT=&amp]I have Samsung smart TV which has a great feature “Smart view” this allows you to select files on your PC to be viewed on the TV it worked perfectly with the free AVG until a few days ago and it now blocks smartview I swapped over to Avast which also blocked it, so I tried Scanguard this also blocked it? Windows security centre is running at the moment and does not block. Any suggestio please.[/FONT]
 

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Normally, one uses a streaming program to view things like video on your TV. Are you using anything like that? If so, you could set up an exception for the .exe file in your anti-virus program, if that's actually blocking the access.

There are a number of others things like your graphics software or Windows Defender which could also block access. Then there's the connection process for your network to the TV.
 

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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
Thanks wither 3 I have progress of sorts but would love to know:

  1. What is so dangerous about ‘Smart View’ that requires it to be blocked?
[FONT=&amp]2. How can Avast be changed to allow ‘Smart View’ to operate?

I must add that [/FONT][FONT=&amp] Avast also slowed down my computer, particularly so with email loading which takes forever?
[/FONT]So AVG, Avast, scanguard and Total AV have been relegated to the scrap heap.
I have noticed that this problem has been going on for a while, some posts on the www are dated 2015?? so I decided to give Avira a try out and what do you know it does not slow down my PC and does not block ‘Smart View’
 

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I wasn't talking about Smart View. I was talking the program (s) used to provide the content to your TV. I don't know how a anti-virus program on your computer can block a program on your TV (maybe I'm not smart enough).

If you go to Network and Sharing, is Media Sharing enabled? Is your TV shown on the network? Are you streaming by Wi-Fi or is your computer connected to the TV by Ethernet (CAT 5).
 

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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
Norton Security is not free but, for me, it doesn't cause these kinds of problems. I got two years coverage for up to 5 computers for $99.

As I alluded to before, and now that you've identified that you're using Wi-Fi, you must be using some kind of software for streaming your content to your TV. For example, I use Nero MediaHome for that purpose. When I have made the right selection, equivalent to Smart View, on my LG, it will see the Nero MediaHome library and allow it to stream whatever media I select. My TV has to be shown in the network in Nero MediaHome.
 

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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
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