I keep getting a pop up saying avast network shield has blocked a harmful site, how do I turn off these pop ups. I tried to change the settings but there are no changable settings for the network shield.
I do not think it would be a good idea to disable the shield as Avast is doing its job and protecting you
Could you post a screenshot of the alert
I do not know how to do a screen shot, reguarding the pop ups I don’t want to turn off I just don’t want them popping up all the time. very annoying and I have to turn my sound off to not hear them
This will generally mean that either you have an infection or you are trying to access a bad site
Follow the steps outlined here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
Then post the logs here
What is your version of windows ?
You can set the popup to only display for a few seconds in Settings>Popups, but you shouldn’t be getting these regularly and if you are it’s better to just not go to those sites or figure out if it’s a false positive. Is it just one site or many? Is it a site you’ve visited before without any problems? If it’s usually a safe site and now it’s not, you could email the Webmaster and let him/her know there might be a problem with their site.
Best to leave this in the hands of essexboy a qualified malware removal specialist.
Frequent URL:MAL alerts (which this sounds like) is usually an indication of a hidden/undetected malware attack and the avast alert is preventing its access to malicious sites to download more.
after I did a system restore the problem went away even after I did all those scans. I used windows defender, antimalwarebytes, superantispyware pro, window washer, ccleaner, speedypc pro, tuneup utilities 2011, plus your internet securities. everything shows clean now and no pop ups. thx for your help.