For the last several days, Avast has been blocking several websites that previously were allowed, even though I hadn’t touched the settings. At first, I thought it was a new spyware blocker that I had downloaded, so I removed it, and it seemed to work for a few hours. Then without warning or change in the settings, it stopped working again.
I suspect that it might be the recent update that had been installed.
Thoughts?
If you had detailed which sites, others could have checked whether their installations were also blocking them, or not as the case may be.
I can’t remember all, but I tested some this morning: Accuweather.com desktop; Netflix; Upworthy.com; eBay, my banking sites, and pretty much any off-site link from Facebook, Google Search, Google News, etc.
Stopping the Web Shield resolves the issue.
yes add me to the list of the blocked user .
Cant navigate with Avast on
win 8.1 updated
no firewall
no security software
not a newbie
no pop ups , no nada
just keep looking for the site forever, as soon as i turn off avast shield, or disable all, bam am on
IE-CHROME-FIREFOX all same results
Unable to access routers setup page here, no matter what, suppose could be router needing restart, but i’m not sure on that part yet. Tried on Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit Desktop, and XP Laptop so far, nothing.
I don’t have a router - direct connect to cable modem. All browsers affected here, too.
You really should have started your own thread.
That said, try a repair…Control Panel>Uninstall a Program>double click “avast”>click “repair”>reboot 
Thanks Paranoid, just in case you missed the part where I said I am not a newbie.
We need some more effective than repair, reboot, uninstall, reboot and such
Prob is affecting a bunch of us from what I gather some of us did a fresh install, some upgraded, some with router , some with ethernet…so it is a wide spread prob
I tried:-
http://accuweather.com
http://www.netflix.com
http://www.upworthy.com
They all access OK here both with IE10 and Firefox 25.0 with webshield enabled (default webshield settings). All avast browser add ons (AOS) enabled. Windows 7 Pro, 64 bit, Avast 2014.9.0.2008 VD 131112-1
I’m don’t know what browser you are using, but if it’s IE10 or IE11 you could perhaps check whether unticking Tools->Options->Advanced->Security->Enable Enhanced Protected mode makes any difference.
Sorry for not being specific here:
OS:
Win Vista Home (don’t ask)
Browsers:
Chrome
Firefox Safari
(I didn’t try IE because I don’t use it).
It’s not the settings in the browsers - this is a sudden and unexpected behavior, without input or execution on my part. Period. I did not change any settings; there have been no system/program updates* - except for Avast. The only software I added (Super Spyware Blocker - which was installed two weeks before the Avast update) has been deep uninstalled (registry entries/modifications removed).
No matter what I do, I cannot run Avast as I have before without it blocking sites. The only way I can get access to those sites is to disable the Web Shield.
Thanks for any help.
I wonder did you let Avast update itself, or whether you manually installed the new version over the top of the old. Some times that works but there is more than adequate testimony in the forum (and I’ve had first hand experience) that often it doesn’t.
All I can suggest is that you try: