Avast Web Shield False-positive for VPNs/Proxies

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi ALL,

After some updates in Avast Web Shield, it started firing alerts on a proxy and public VPN IPs i[/i].

I believe it’s an error. False-positive IP example: 5.188.168.46

Friends, to whom I had previously recommended Avast now facing the same problem.

Could it be fixed?

https://i.postimg.cc/G3WDbGs4/Avast-Capture.png

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IP is Blacklisted by Spamhaus / Barracuda / HoneyDB / Mailspike

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/ip-address/5.188.168.46/detection

Paste IP here and check https://www.ipvoid.com/ip-blacklist-check/

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Thanks for your prompt reply! :slight_smile:

The main issue is that Avast erroneously thinks it’s a botnet’s command and control server.

Of course, shared IPs have not perfect reputation, the IP belongs to VPN service, but it’s not a C&C server. It’s a safe IP.

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I am experiencing this issue too.

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These notifications started for me, out of the blue, within the last couple days.

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Update to the latest version (20.5.2415): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=235204.0

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Looks this has been solved with the update, the notifications have stopped for me.

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Update: this I didn’t want that here.

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I’m not entirely sure what it is that you are asking/saying ?

Why wouldn’t you/anyone want to update when it fixes a problem ?

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:smiley: Looks like it was fixed with the latest update. Now, Seed4.Me VPN app works as it should be, no Botnet:Blacklist alerts appear so far.

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Thanks for the feedback.

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That what I originally wrote here, was not meant for in this topic, and the post cannot be deleted.

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OK.

Whilst you can’t delete the post, moderators can (if there haven’t been any subsequent activity related to it). But when you edited yout post you could also have replaced the text with deleted- incorrect topic, etc.