Same here, the first time I tried.
The second time, the connection was disconnected.
Hi guys, the problem is in us. Will fix it soon.
Please notify me as soon as you have fixed the problem.
I will keep using 360 Total Security as a stopgap until your notification.
Sorry but your reply makes not sense.
There’s nothing wrong with Avast’s protection. The fix has nothing to do with giving you more or less protection.
Do you mean the problem has to do only with ‘eicar.com’ but not with real viruses?
That’s correct. 
How did you know that?
I see the URL is now blacklisted, but is it a correct solution?
??? what do you mean blacklisted ???
The “https://secure.eicar.org/eicar.com” is on a blacklist and immediately blocked by the web shield even the file can not be analyzed right there.
It is a test file designed to test your AV and see if it blocks it. It is not a virus. There is nothing to analyze.
There is a huge difference between blocking an URL or downloading the file, analyzing it, and recognizing that this is the test file what is supposed to be marked as an infected one and handle it that way, while the user is also warned about it.
This certainly isn’t blocking the URL:
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1442847370233-39470.png
Thank you, but on MY system, only the web shield blocked it.
The site isn’t blocked or on a black list, clicking on the link you gave is essentially downloading the file. The web shield is scanning the file as it is downloaded to your system and alerts on it as it should and aborts the connection.
If you went to the eicar.org site first and it was on a blacklist or blocked then you wouldn’t even get there to manually download the file.
Today afternoon the http://www.eicar.org/85-0-Download.html address was available, but clicking on the https://secure.eicar.org/eicar.com was blocked immediately by the web shield. Now, I had to uninstall Avast, but gave it a try on another system where the business suite is installed, and the result is the same:
The test file can not be downloaded for analysis because it’s blocked. (I restarted the system after update.)
I can still double click on the previously downloaded file and nothing will happen.
I know it should be in the business product section, but the problem is the same, please move it if neccessary.
Exactly the same is happening at my end, gj_sp.
If I turn on ‘Block malware URLs’ in ‘Web Shield’, the following screenshot will pop up and the website will be blocked, i.e. the URL has been blacklisted.
If I turn off ‘Block malware URLs’ in ‘Web Shield’, Avast will do nothing to stop it, i.e. ‘eicar.com’ can be successfully downloaded, saved and run.
My worry is that, if a real virus is on a site whose URL has not been blacklisted, will Avast allow downloading it when ‘Block malware URLs’ has been turned off?
By the way, gj_sp, can you change your user interface language to English, so that we can understand your screenshots? I have changed mine from Chinese into English.
Yes, it’s my concern too. Of course I can change it, but I hope the important part of the screenshot is understandable.
I don’t understand your second screenshot.
Oh, sorry, I double clicked on eicar.com, and Windows asked me whether I want to run it or not. Just wanted to show that Avast did nothing.