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Making it Avast’s important component.ĭevelopers often update software to enhance its protection features and security functions.Īnd that includes updating its virus definition database. It uses software to run and detect unprotected sites.

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How to stop Avast from blocking websites? 7 waysĪvast helps keep your computer safe by blocking malicious websites and viruses. System glitches and errors can sometimes cause Avast to “malfunction,” too. Causing its web shield and HTTPS scanner to falsely detect legitimate websites as unprotected ones.

#7: By turning off Avast protection temporarilyĪvast is blocking websites because its software and installation program are outdated and need immediate repairing.

#4: By assigning your browser as an “Allowed” app.

#2: By repairing the Avast installation program.

How to stop Avast from blocking websites? 7 ways.

Weirdly though today a forum member contacted me and said that when they clicked on my post and on my user id, they got the same pop-up message, only with AVG (antivirus) which they say is apparently a sister-company of Avast. I’d already done that before I saw your post about the line as an administrator. I then ran another scan with Windows Defender, Malwarebytes and CC Cleaner, both showing as fine. I tried an old password that I’m sure I’ve changed a couple of times since, and it worked. I think that only comes up after Sleep mode. I kept trying to uninstall Avast, but again, when it rebooted in safe mode and asked me for my password, it kept saying it was wrong, despite the fact I’d recently changed it. I also did scans with Malwarebytes and CC-Cleaner, and got rid of anything it suggested although neither really suggested anything sinister.

#HOW TO TURN OFF POP UP BLOCKER ON AVAST INSTALL#

Actually, to be on the safe side, disconnect your machine from the internet while you are doing the uninstall and install of a new product. This will resolve that URL back to your local machine, killing the connection to that website. If you really want to get rid of Avast before you find out what is causing the issue open C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts (as an administrator) and add a line: 127.0.0.1 comtakelink.xyz Might be worth clearing out your browsing caches too. Also look for ropey extensions and toolbars in your browsers – get rid of those.

Check the options and make sure that you have everything being scanned.

#HOW TO TURN OFF POP UP BLOCKER ON AVAST FULL#

I don’t know Avast, but if it has a full scan option, do that. So it you uninstall AV, and all of a sudden whatever it is can connect to comtakelink.xyz, who knows? Worse case it could be the trigger for a ransomware attack and the next thing you are looking at a machine full of encrypted files. The reason it keeps popping up every 10 seconds is because something on your machine is trying to connect to that website every 10 seconds. So when you are getting a pop-up saying that your Anti-Virus is blocking a connection attempt to a blacklisted URL, uninstalling said AV program probably isn’t the correct approach. MSE/Defender is really all you need to keep you safe as long as you keep it updated. If you’re on Windows 8 or above it’s called Windows Defender and is included with Windows, just switch it on. These AV companies are basically scum.Īnd then finally, I’d install Microsoft Security Essentials: I’d then look around how to remove Avast – this might be an incredibly difficult task. You might want to look into other malware scanners but MalwareBytes has always been on top of the game. If all clear I’d have a high confidence that the report is a false-positive. It’ll be interesting to see what comes up. This is probably quite a deep rabbit hole that you’ll have to Google around to find out what’s going on.ġ: Understand ‘cometakelink.xyz’ to know if its malware, and remove if so.Ģ: Remove Avast (unless you’ve paid for it or something)įirst step is to download the free version of this: Obviously, you can’t just go and contact Avast about it…oh no… :-/ Posted 3 years ago I’m connected via a wifi hotspot on my android, but I think it does it on the home wifi too. I’ve no idea what ‘comtakelink.xyz’ is, but assume it’s some sort of nasty redirect type thing.Īnyone got any ideas to help? I came in early this morning to get some computery work done, and have spent two hours doing bugger all because of this. I’ve tried uninstalling Avast, but have hit problems there too as when my machine goes to reboot in ‘safe mode’, it asks for my password, which I enter (having just reset it via a texted code to my mobile to verify me) and all it says is password incorrect… Very annoying. It looks like the below screenshot, and if I dismiss it, it pops back up within 10 seconds.Ĭapture by blackteaonesugar, on Flickr

#HOW TO TURN OFF POP UP BLOCKER ON AVAST WINDOWS 10#

I have Windows 10 and Avast free antivirus running. It pops up more than ‘We value your privacy’ on here! I’m getting this crazy annoying pop-up now on my laptop whenever I’m on’t web.