1 How to Disable Avast Online Security (Web Shield)2 How to Add an Exception to Avast (whitelist)3 Extra: How to Turn Off SmartScreen in Windows4 How to Stop Google Chrome from Blocking Downloads
What is Advanced Web Shield? Advanced Web Shield is an Avast anti-virus feature designed to block suspicious websites and therefore protect users from malware and phishing attempts. To do so, it actively scans the data that is transferred when you browse. Unfortunately, like any anti-virus software, Avast suffers from false positives at times – detecting completely harmless behavior as suspicious. As a result, it’s useful to know how to add exceptions to Avast so you can still access the website you desire. We’ll be teaching you this today, as well as how to turn off Web Shield permanently or temporarily to disable Avast online security altogether.
How to Disable Avast Online Security (Web Shield)
How to Add an Exception to Avast (whitelist)
Extra: How to Turn Off SmartScreen in Windows
Microsoft SmartScreen is a cloud-based anti-phishing and anti-malware component available in Windows 10 via different products. You can disable SmartScreen in Windows 11 and Windows 10 completely or case by case the various Windows SmartScreen filters. If Avast Web Shield is blocking internet sites, here’s how to fix it:
Here’s how to whitelist on Avast:
How to Stop Google Chrome from Blocking Downloads
All too often you’ll go to download something in Google Chrome, only to get the message “file may be dangerous so Chrome blocked it”, “file can not be downloaded securely”, or “Failed – blocked”. Sometimes, Chrome is protecting you from harm, but at other times it may be blocking something completely safe. We show you how to stop Chrome from blocking downloads either individually or when you try to download multiple files at once.
