How To Get To Web Shief Settings Of Avast For Mac

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All Avast antivirus products (including the free version) have a very useful, but pretty unknown feature called Site Blocking. This feature will block any specified website, URL or page. So it can be used as a manual parental control.

Go to Settings-> Select the Apps so that you get the Avast appearing on the options list. Then Select Avast Anti theft present in the list. Click OK to uninstall the app. A description of options on the General settings page. Show Avast tray icon - A small Avast icon appears in your system tray next to the time and date. Click the icon to access shield and update controls, or open the Avast user interface. Click that icon, then click the Show Certificate button in the sheet window that drops down. The certificate should be issued by Google Internet Authority, which in turn falls under the authority of GeoTrust Global. If you see anything different, you may be the victim of a man-in-the-middle attack.

For example you can add adult keywords like “porn” and Avast will automatically block all sites and pages containing “porn” in the URL (i.e. www.porn.com but also www.google.com/?q=porn). Similarly you can use Site Blocking to block time-wasters like Facebook or YouTube so you can focus on work.

Avast is one of the most popular Antivirus applications used by millions of people across the world to protect their computers and to guard their personal information, files etc. The app is available for many platforms such as Windows, Android, Mac, and iOS. But, unfortunately, this Antivirus program is causing some issues that irritate the users and people want to disable the Avast Antivirus. Web Shield settings Web Shield actively scans data that is transferred when you browse the internet to prevent malware from being downloaded and run on your PC. To modify your Web Shield settings, open the Avast user interface, go to Settings Components, and click Customize next to Web Shield. Avast Security for Mac. Think different about Mac security. Download Free. Essential security. Blocks dangerous downloads, and prevents malicious websites from injecting malware onto your Mac. For settings and more information about cookies, view our Cookie Policy. By clicking “I accept” on this banner or using. In the Web Shield settings, click on Sensitivity, then in the 'Heuristics' section, set the level to High. If at any point you wish to revert to the default Avast Internet Security 2016 settings, open the Avast ' Settings ' menu by clicking on the gear icon in the top right corner.

Unfortunately Site Blocking doesn’t scan for the actual content of the site. So for example if you enter keyword “gta” the page www.trustedreviews.com/gta-5-review will be blocked, but www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_(series) will still load because the keyword is not present in the URL, while it is many times on the actual page.

Using the Site Blocking feature itself is really easy. See the following three steps for more details.

1. Customize Web Shied Settings

Open Avast and go to Settings » Active Protection » Web Shield » Customize.

Using Avast Site Blocking Feature – Customizing the Web Shield Settings

2. Add List Of Keywords/Sites To Be Blocked

In the Web Shield Settings go to item Site Blocking and enable the feature by checking “Enable site blocking“. Then you can add keywords, domains, URLs or websites to be blocked. You can also use wildcards so for example if you want to block any URL containing keyword “test”, add it as *test*.

Once you’re done with the list, simply click on the OK button.

Using Avast Site Blocking Feature – Creating A List Of Blocked Keywords/Sites

3. Test If The Desired Site Is Blocked

Open your web browser and enter the URL you wanted to be blocked. If you have setup the list correctly, you should get the message “Avast Web Shield Warning. SITE BLOCKED”.

Using Avast Site Blocking Feature – Testing If The Desired Site Is Being Blocked

Additional Notes

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Although we have used Avast Free Antivirus 2019 screenshots in this article, these steps are also applicable for all Avast Antivirus solutions (i.e. also for Avast Pro Antivirus, Avast Internet Security, or Avast Premier) running the latest version available.

Steps are relevant for all Windows versions – Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (including Anniversary Update).

Sometimes Avast Antivirus may be blocking you from running a program or accessing a web page, which you know is totally safe. Usually, it’s because of the low application occurrence within the Avast community. Therefore, Avast can’t properly tell if the program is safe or not, and will try to protect you.

Also, Avast detects so-called ‘Potentially Unwanted Programs‘, which are actually wanted in some cases, and so-called ‘False-Positives‘, which means the program is safe but Avast’s detection is wrong. Unfortunately this often happens with popular games and services like League of Legends (LoL), Steam, GoG Galaxy, Minecraft, uTorrent, BitTorrent, Windows Update, Google, Java, Chrome and other launchers which are being often updated. Usually the false-positive detection lasts only a few hours, but can be very annoying.

Quick Summary

Make sure the blocked file or webpage is not malicous by testing it at www.virustotal.com
Add it as exception by going to Avast user interface » Settings » General » Exclusions
Confirm by clicking OK

Read more detailed steps and other options including screenshots below.

When Avast blocks something, you will always get a pop-up notification informing you about the threat.

Solution/Fix for the Invalid Certificate Issue Caused by the HTTPS Scan

Recently a lot of Avast users (especially the ones running Windows XP) are experienced an issue when Avast has been blocking several major websites because of the invalid cloudflaressl.com certificate. The full message on the pop-up is ‘Avast Web Shield has blocked access to this page because the following certificate is invalid: [name of the certificate]‘.

To fix this try one of the following actions:

Disable HTTPS scanning by going to settings » Active Protection » Web Shield » Customize » Main settings » Un-check ‘Enable HTTPS scanning‘ and restart your computer

Disabling HTTPS Scanning in Avast 2018 Web Shield Settings

Solution/Fix When Avast is Blocking Internet Connection Completely

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Sometimes Avast may even block completely the Internet access so user is not able to visit any website. If this happens to you, try one of the following actions:

Repair your Avast installation by going to Programs » Uninstall a program » Avast » select Repair and restart your computer
Disable HTTPS scanning by going to settings » Active Protection » Web Shield » Customize » Main settings » Un-check ‘Enable HTTPS scanning‘ and restart your computer

Solution/Fix When Avast is Blocking Specific Website, Program or Game

There are two ways to unblock any program or website from Avast blocking. Please note, you should do it only if you are 100% sure the blocked file is safe for you and your computer. Even if you own the blocked site, doesn’t mean it wasn’t hacked and injected with dangerous malware. For checking the program/file with other Antivirus vendors, you can use online detection at VirusTotal.

1. Add Blocked Program or Website to Exclusion List (Whitelist) to Unblock it

Using the exceptions in Avast you can simply add any file or URL to the list of exclusions and exclude it from scanning and shield protection, therefore also from blocking. For more information about adding exceptions, check our full guide ‘How to Add File/Website Exception into Avast Antivirus 2018‘.

Adding File/Folder/Program/Website URL Exception into Avast 2018

2. Temporarily Turn Off Avast Protection

If you want install or run a program but it’s being blocked by Avast you can simply turn off Avast shields for a short period of time. For more information about turning off Avast or it’s shields, check our full guide ‘How to Turn Off (Pause, Disable) Shields in Avast Antivirus 2018‘.

Temporarily Disabling Avast Protection from the Windows Tray

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3. Report a False Positive Detection to Avast

We also strongly suggest to report the detection you believe is a false positive directly to Avast team. They will look into it and eventually confirm the reported file, software, or website is clean.

Link to report is included on every in-product pop-up displayed when the harmful webpage or file is blocked. Just click on ‘Report the file as a false positive‘.

Avast Web Shield Has Blocked a Harmful Webpage or File Pop-up

Then you need to fill-in following simple form. In the additional info you can add a link from VirusTotal scan. Don’t forget to check the option ‘I know what I’m doing‘ and click on ‘Submit‘.

Avast In-product Form for Reporting False Positive Detection of Files or Websites

Alternatively you can use the official web form for reporting false positive detection.

Official Avast Web Form for Reporting False Positive Detection of Files or Websites

Additional Notes

Steps are relevant for all Windows versions – Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (including Anniversary Update).

Managing exceptions or turning off Avast protection may leave your computer at risk.