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Offline John2099

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PayPal and Avast SecureLine
« 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?

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Re: PayPal and Avast SecureLine
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2021, 08:28:27 PM »
I have reported this, to try and draw attention to your problem.
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Re: PayPal and Avast SecureLine
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2021, 08:48:41 PM »
Thank You

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Re: PayPal and Avast SecureLine
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2021, 09:02:14 PM »
You're welcome, lets hope it gets a quick response.
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Re: PayPal and Avast SecureLine
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2021, 11:25:25 AM »
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