Avast 4.8 Home EditionExclude list does not work

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi,

I have been using AVAST Home edition now for a few years and am very pleased with it. However I have recently written a few scripts with Autoit3 and during my weekly scan the files keep being detected as viruses.

As I have written the programs myself I know that they are OK. I have tried to exclude the files using the following method:

Right Click on blue ball and select Program Settings->Click on the exclusions tab on the left of the screen->

I then either click on Add and enter the specific filename that I want to exclude with full path OR click on the browse button and tick the required file.

Finally I click OK

However the warnings keep coming up.

I have come to the conclusion that the exclusion list does not work.

Does anybody know if this can be fixed?

Many thanks.

Gauss76.

2

Hello,
you have to insert exclusion to appropriate shield (Standard Shiled).

Milos

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How do I go about that?

I have tried left clicking on the blue “a” ball ->scrolling down to “standard shield” ->Customize->Advanced-> and then adding the file in the exclusions list but warning still appears on the file that I thought I had excluded when I scan.

Gauss76.

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What exactly did you enter into the exclusion list?
(The best thing to do is probably to copy&paste the full path from the virus warning window.)

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I did what you said and copied the full path and filename from the warning sheet. But re-scanning keeps bringing up the same warning!

Gauss76