Avast Proxy Interfering With Malawarebytes Antivirus Program

Hello everyone, I’ve been having some real issues lately with my laptop dramatically slowing down, sluggish opening/navigating websites/programs, screen freezing, etc. I thought it might have something to do with my anti-virus Malawarebytes subscription but after a detailed review of my logs they’ve come back with the below including the assessment:

“It seems that your Avast Proxy may be interfering with Malwarebytes and our tools.

Servers that need to be able to be contacted are;

  1. keystone.mwbsys.com
  2. sirius.mwbsys.com
  3. ark.mwbsys.com

As a layman in such matters, I have no idea. Could anyone advise if this is likely and if so, how I go about adjusting my Avast to permit contact (?) with these sites? Thanks so much.

Damian

Regarding Avast & Malwarebytes, see: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/200324-exclusions-for-avast-users/