How To Disable Firewall With The Help Of Avast Support Team?

Avast antivirus as a security provider against malware and online threats uses a firewall to check incoming and outgoing traffic. However, sometimes it recognizes false positives for particular software and stops them from accessing the internet. To fix this issue and to make these programs working in a normal manner, a user can either disable Avast firewall or manage the app as an exception to its firewall.

Let’ see how to do this:

• Open Avast Internet Security software and navigate to its Settings from the main window.

• Click on Active Protection under Settings menu, turn the toggle button to ON. And, then choose an option from the drop-down menu. Choose from Stop for 10 minutes, Stop for 1 hour, or Stop until restart of computer to prevent Avast firewall for the particular time. Choose Stop permanently to disable the Avast firewall completely from your system. Click OK button to save the changes.

Add Firewall Exceptions:

• Open Avast Internet Security software on your computer. Move to Tools option from the main dashboard of the software.

• Now, go to Firewall from another list that opens after clicking on Tools.

• Select Application Rules button mentioned on the right bottom of the window.

• Go to New Group button and then type a name for it. When done, press Enter key.

• Now, it’s time to click on New Application Rule, and then click the newly created group.

• Navigate to the location of the software, click on the application’s main executable file and then hit Open.

• Doing this will bring the Firefox application appears under the selected group. Besides the app, select and drag the cursor of the mouse over the 5 orange bars until you see All Connections as a status. Select the Close button to save the changes.

Viruses and other security threats have turned out to be the major issue of the internet users on their device. Every time you search the internet for anything, it always comes a big risk of malicious websites. To prevent all this, Avast is working great as an antivirus. However, if you are facing some issues in this software then contact us at Avast Helpline Number 1-844-888-3870 and get the problem rectified by the experts within a short span of time. Our team of dedicated employees is always geared up to help those clients who require instant support.

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