unblock blocked programs

i have the open source program KODI installed, when trying to access files from their repository, avast identified that as a virus of some sort and blocked it. now i can’t get KODI to even start or run, let alone stream from the web. how do i fix that and get AVAST to stop blocking the access?

There are multiple posts about KODI on this webboard.
See if one of them has useful information for you :
http://tinyurl.com/hqd8p46

avast identified that as a virus of some sort and blocked it.
What malware name did avast give?