How to skip scanning traffic for certain apps/port?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi!

I just noticed using current version (Avast Free v18.7.2354) that Avast scans the incoming traffic of uTorrent via OpenVPN, hence consuming huge CPU time with high speed. I don’t remember Avast behaiving this way before (before upgrading to current version).

So, how can I remove this functionality?

What I tried so far (after going through all the settings):

  • add utorrent.exe into the exclusions on Process tab of SmartScan (?)
  • adding the whole directory tree to the exclusions

But nothing worked so far.

Thanks!

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→ https://support.avast.com/article/168/ (Excluding files/websites)

3

Thanks, but which one are we talking about exactly?
“Web Shield?”

Avast is scanning the traffic coming from peers.
I also switched off scanning “writing to files” but it didn’t do much either.

4

Yep.

5

Cheers, I’ll try it out this evening and report back.

6

OK, you’re welcome.

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It doesn’t work, unfortunately, “Avast Service (32 bit)” consumes lot of CPU percentage.

I have set under “Web Shield”:

  • Main settings: x Scan traffic from well-known browser processes only
  • Exclusions - Processes to exclude:
    – utorrent.exe, openvpn.exe, openssl.exe, openvpn-gui.exe, openvpnserv.exe, openvpnserv2.exe

But it’s definitely the Web Shield component: if I disable the whole Web Shield component then all is good again.
Now the only question is how can I “filter” what I want :slight_smile:

Can you replicate the issue?
Thanks for helping!

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If Repair doesn’t fix the problem, try the following:
Clean Install of Avast:
https://goo.gl/4Ptzkf
If you need additional help with the Clean Install, watch this:
https://youtu.be/p-h3myRD51A