How To Add Exclusion To Mac Avast For Virus

In a very rare cases, Avast may detect and block some programs or website pages as a virus, although you know for sure it’s safe. These wrong detection are called false-positives. If such false-positive detection prevails after the virus definitions update, you may want to exclude the detected software or website from the Avast scan. This is a perfect fix when Avast is blocking one of your favorite programs, but you still want to run/allow it.

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In the past, Avast was blocking some of the most popular software (Steam for example) for a short period of time. To be fair false-positive detection happens basically to every antivirus on the market, it’s not just Avast. Anyway, we strongly recommend to scan the file/webpage also through some other virus engines to make sure it’s really clean. For this you can use a. Sometimes you may think the file/URL are safe but they are actually infected and it’s not just Avast which is detecting them. Quick Summary • Make sure the blocked file or webpage is not malicous by testing it at • Add it as exception by going to Settings » General » Exclusions • Confirm by clicking OK Read more detailed steps and other options including screenshots below. In this guide, you will learn how, but we strongly suggest using exclusions only when you’re an advanced user.

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How To Add Exclusion To Mac Avast For Viruses

There are three basic types of exclusions/exceptions in the Avast Antivirus 2018: • Global exclusion list of the folder/file/program/application from being scanned at all • Global exclusion list of the website/URL from being scanned at all • Exclusions in the specific shield (File System Shield, Mail Shield, or Web Shield) Global Whitelist – Exclude Specific Folder/File/Program/Application from All Avast Scans If you want to add the exception for the specific website, domain, or URL from being scanned by Avast, follow these steps. This is so-called Global Whitelist or Exclusion List. • Open the Avast user interface and go to ‘ Settings‘ » ‘ General‘ • Find the tab ‘ Exclusions‘ and add specific programs to the ‘ File paths‘ tab • Added applications and/or paths will now be excluded from any Avast scanning. Mac os x 10.5.8 upgrade. Adding File/Folder/Program Exception into Avast 2018 On the screenshot above you can see that application ‘ FileZilla FTP Client‘ and ‘ DAEMON Tools Lite‘ are excluded.

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