Avira Web Protection and Ransomware Protection keeps you safe from dangerous web content that is categorized as phishing, malware, spam or fraud.
However, if you wish to access a website that has been blocked by Avira Web Protection and you know that its content is harmless, then use any of the following options:
1. Click the Avira icon in the system tray to open the Avira user interface.
2. In the top-right corner, click the Settings icon.
3. In the left pane, click Security > Protection options > Web protection.
4. Under Domain list, click Open list.
5. In the Domain list window, type the URL of the website that you want to be skipped from scanning, and click Add as trusted.
6. Click Apply and OK to save the configuration.
Note
Only the specified websites will be skipped from the scan of the Web Protection scan.
However, malicious downloads will still be blocked and reported.
1. Double-click the Avira application icon on your Windows desktop to open it.
2. In the top-right corner, click the Settings icon.
3. In the left pane, click Security > Protection options > Threat Categories.
Disable specific web filter categories
Uncheck the specific categories from the Privacy & Riskware filter, which should no longer be detected or blocked.
Disable the web filter completely
If you wish to deactivate the entire filter, uncheck Privacy & Riskware. The Web Protection will no longer warn you of dangerous web content.
Note
Dangerous file downloads will, however, be reported and blocked.
1. Double-click the Avira application icon on your Windows desktop to open it.
2. In the left pane, click Security and click Protection options.
3. Turn OFF Web protection.
4. Click Turn off to confirm.
Note
Once disabled, Web Protection will no longer scan any websites you visit.
Dangerous file downloads will neither be reported nor blocked.
The Web Protection remains disabled until you manually turn on Web Protection again or restart your device.