Avira WebGuard Website Exceptions

How to Make an Exception in Avira Antivirus. Avira AntiVir Premium products come equipped with a component called "WebGuard," which scans websites and blocks those which Avira categorizes as phishing attempts, fraud, malware or spam. WebGuard also comes with a Parental Control option--if you purchased the Premium Security Suite--through which you can block websites or categories of websites. The free edition of Avira Antivirus comes with a "Guard" module that scans and blocks programs detected to be malicious. You can make exceptions in the program if your Avira product blocks websites or programs that you know to be safe.

Avira WebGuard Website Exceptions

- Double-click the red Avira icon in the taskbar next to the system clock to open the main Avira Antivirus window.

- Click the "Extras" menu and select "Configuration." Turn on "Expert Mode" by clicking the "Expert Mode" check box in the upper left corner.

- Click the "plus" sign next to "WebGuard" in the left column. Click the "plus" sign next to "Scan." Click "Exceptions" to select and highlight it.

- Type the full URL in the "URLs skipped by WebGuard" box of the website address for which you want to make an exception and exclude from scanning by WebGuard. Click the "Add" button. Repeat this for each website for which you want to make an exception. Click "OK" to save the configuration.

- Click "Locked Requests" underneath "WebGuard" in the left column if you want to make an exception for an entire category of sites blocked with Avira's web filter. Click to clear the check boxes for the site category (e.g., Phishing URLs, Fraud/Deception) you want to unblock in the "Web-Filter" section. Click "Apply" then "OK."

- Click "Parental Control" underneath "WebGuard" in the left column if you have this feature active.

- Click one of the predefined roles in the "Roles" section (e.g., Child, Young Person). Click the "Change" button to open the "Properties" box.

- Type the URL for which you want to make an exception in the "Add URL" box. Click "Add." Click the rule listed in the "Rule" column in which the website is listed and select the rule which you want to set for the website (e.g., Allow).

- Click the check boxes to deselect categories of blocked websites in Avira in the "Blocking access to URLs" box. Click "OK."