I use a search engine which is not on the “approved list”. This is because I refuse to use Google or its associates because I get far fewer results due to their enforcement of ridiculous rules and blocking of sites that they don’t agree with on a political level.
As a result, I keep getting the “disreputable search engine” warning when I launch my browser with no option to permanently ignore it or white list the search engine I use.
Is there some way to white list this search engine so I can browse in peace, without Avast causing disruption every time?
What browser and what search engine?
I’m not 100% sure about this but if you go to your specific Web Shield > Settings you should be able to add the search engine URL to its exclusions list.
https://help.avast.com/en/av_free/17/settings_sh_web_basic.html
Whether that alone will fix the problem I do not know but worth trying as a start.
The search engine I use is
https://uk.ask.com/
This is also set as my home page.
It’s in my exceptions list but I still keep getting the prompt.
The just Web Shield > Exclusions list or the general AVAST Settings > Global Exclusions one?
https://www.getavast.net/support/managing-exceptions
Might be worth trying both.