Sometimes the phone and Mac have the same geolocated VPN servers selected, and sometimes different. To be fair false-positive detection happens basically to every antivirus on the market, it’s not just Avast. In the past, Avast was blocking some of the most popular software (Steam for example) for a short period of time. This is a perfect fix when Avast is blocking one of your favorite programs, but you still want to run/allow it. If such false-positive detection prevails after the virus definitions update, you may want to exclude the detected software or website from the Avast scan. These wrong detections are called false positives.

Below are more details on how these protective layers defend you and your devices from cyberthreats.In very rare cases, Avast may detect and block some programs or website pages as a virus, although you know for sure it’s safe. When malware targets a user’s device, we use six layers of deep protection, powered by our unique cloud-based analytics and machine-learning techniques, to keep them safe. Multi-layered protection against malware and cyberattacks If any one of them encounters malware, Avast uses six layers of protection to identify, block and inform the entire network in a matter of seconds. How do we protect hundreds of millions of people every day? Our cutting-edge technology transforms our users into a worldwide network of cooperating sensors.

Our state-of-the-art infrastructure and access to immense volumes of security data gathered from hundreds of millions of devices around the globe, gives us the largest, most advanced zero-day threat-detection network on the planet.Īutomatic threat detection and malware eradication

To protect users, Avast detects and immediately reports any suspicious files or behavior.

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