Feature request - option to add detected files to the ignore list

[bob3160]

@roger_m post:17

I’ve just uninstalled Avast, and since it seems that the ignore feature won’t ever be added, I will never use Avast again, as it a huge annoyance, not having the ignore feature.

It’s s shame Avast won’t add that feature, and that in general developers of security software want to dumb down their software these days to cater for the average user, while ignoring features for power users.

For the moment, I’ll stay antivirus free, as I’d rather have my computer unprotected than have antivirus software slowing it down. I install many different antiviruses every year, and just about all of them cause unacceptable slowdowns for me - even the so called really light antiviruses. Even Windows Defender has serious issues with slowdowns on my computers. I was very impressed by how light Avast was, and if it was not for the lack of the ignore feature, I would have kept using it for the foreseeable future.

I should add that Avast uninstalled cleanly, and IObit Uninstaller found no traces.

Just as a rebuttal, I’d like to mention that it is because Avast does not have such a bypass feature, many of Avast’s users are kept safe. (Probably from themselves.)
Most users depend on their Antivirus program to keep them safe. They aren’t “experts”. Even experts have been fooled more times then they will
ever admit. Putting the decision of what’s safe and what’s not directly in the hands of the experts at Avast is the right thing to do.
I will admit that in the case of the false positive this decision at times can be a bit frustrating. It is still the right decision to keep the customer safe.
As an Avast user since 2003, I’ve seen both false positives and brand new viruses blocked by Avast. The false positives have always been rectified
in a reasonable time frame. The blockages of brand new infections of all types have kept my system well protected.