I remembered that in the 4.8 Free Edition, the webshield provides a URL blocker to block some websites, but I can’t find this in the new 5.0 free edition? Where I can find this settings? ???
The URL blocker is in Avast! 5 only available in Avast! Internet Security :-\
Greetz, Red.
Rednose, No that’s not correct, or else Awil are misrepresenting the product
The following is from the Technology Tab of the Avast 5.0 Free version on the Avast site.
http://www.avast.com/en-au/free-antivirus-download#tab2
"Network Shield
Provides protection against network-based viruses. The module has two main components: a URL blocker, designed to block malicious URLs (as defined by the Virus Lab), and a lightweight intrusion-detection system.
I think the OP is asking about manual URL blocking, but offcourse I can be wrong 
Greetz, Red.
The OP was asking about URL Blocking in the web shield, where the user can manually enter a URL to block. That function most certainly isn’t in avast 5.0 antivirus.
@ olddog
You are referring to the Network Shield, not the Web Shield, which the OP asked about. Even then this has no user configuration and the URL blocking is in relation to ‘known malicious sites,’ with no user input to either add or exclude URLs.
David, I am aware that despite some ambiguity in the help file, that URL blocking is no longer in the Web shield in version 5 where it was in 4.8.
All I was trying to make clear is that the statement “The URL blocker is in Avast! 5 only available in Avast! Internet Security” implies there is no URL blocking in the free version, which is at odds with Alwil’s statment that the Network shield does have URL blocking. The fact that it is now not user accessible or configurable is another issue.
URL Blocking is a suite term. Its block the website which you like to block.
Web/Network Shield block only infected website. It is not more configurable for block your own website.
Mr.Agent
Sorry Mr. Agent - URL Blocking is not a “Suite Term”. It is a process that is used by a number of non suite products, sometimes even in the form of a browser add on. And it blocks access based on the URL itself. If the URL is on the blacklist, then it is blocked. It doesn’t check for infection, and it doesn’t care whether the URL leads to an infected site or not, which can be a problem at times.
Awil say that the Avast “Network Shield” Provides protection against network-based viruses. The module has two main components: a URL blocker, designed to block malicious URLs (as defined by the Virus Lab), and a lightweight intrusion-detection system.
Perhaps it would be more relevant if the term User configurable URL blocking were used and then I would agree that Avast 5 free version doesn’t have that.
designed to block malicious URLs
That the magics words.
The problem is that in 4.8 there were effectively two URL Blockers, the user configurable one in the web shield to which the OP and I believe rednose were referring and the malicious site blocking of the networks shield non-configurable.
So in the context that was being spoken of, the web shield URL Blocking, there is no user configurable URL Blocker in avast 5 antivirus.