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Title: PayPal and Avast SecureLine
Post by: John2099 on April 28, 2021, 08:12:02 PM

Paypal shut down my account because i was using a vpn, Said it was was for my security which is bs,.
so i had to shut off to get my account reactivated with paypal,which i did and they reactivated my account.its funny as this has never been an issue in years that ive had avast secureline . Anyone tell ,me how i can get around this without shutting secureline off each time i want to use paypal?

Renegade Reno

Title: Re: PayPal and Avast SecureLine
Post by: DavidR on April 28, 2021, 08:28:27 PM

I have reported this, to try and draw attention to your problem.

Title: Re: PayPal and Avast SecureLine
Post by: John2099 on April 28, 2021, 08:48:41 PM

Thank You

Title: Re: PayPal and Avast SecureLine
Post by: DavidR on April 28, 2021, 09:02:14 PM

You're welcome, lets hope it gets a quick response.

Title: Re: PayPal and Avast SecureLine
Post by: r@vast on April 29, 2021, 11:25:25 AM

Quote from: John2099 on April 28, 2021, 08:12:02 PM

Paypal shut down my account because i was using a vpn, Said it was was for my security which is bs,.
so i had to shut off to get my account reactivated with paypal,which i did and they reactivated my account.its funny as this has never been an issue in years that ive had avast secureline . Anyone tell ,me how i can get around this without shutting secureline off each time i want to use paypal?

Renegade Reno

Hi,

You might want to consider adding a VPN bypass.
Please see this guide: https://support.avast.com/en-ww/article/SecureLine-VPN-exclude-server