what to do if avast won't let me download alexatoolbar

I’m trying to download the alexatoolbar from alexa.com. I was told by someone that they use it and that it’s harmless, but when I try to download, my avast gives me an adware alert and asks me to abort the download. Do I need to adjust my security setting? If so, how?

Thanks in advance.

You could try using the forum ‘search’ function (type in “alexa”). There are several threads containing useful information about alexatoolbar. These are two you might find helpful:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=27056.0

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=26587.0