Avast Web Shield unusable on video sharing sites

[ccm582]

I don't use Avast Web Shield any more because on many video sharing sites, it blocks the entire website or blocks some videos on those sites. When I add Exceptions or report false positives to Avast, more and more video sites or components are blocked. When I tried other antivirus, they don't block these sites.

Perhaps Avast depends on community reporting which is dependent on the intentions of those reporting. Avast should make its Web Shield useful again by using databases used by other AVs or investigate before blocking.

[mchain]

You mean this?  hXXps://yt5s.com/en173

Almost all websites blocked here are .xyz and usually Avast blocks videos found on YouTube with this top level domain.

Please provide an example of an active block by Avast by attaching a screenshot in your next reply.

Not running Avast WebShield will defeat the purpose of having it, protecting you from malicious websites and downloaded script.

[ccm582]

I am now using Avast in Passive Mode and using another antivirus whose Web Shield has no problems.

Try these sites yourself with Avast Web Shield:

https://lulustream.com
https://watchseries.bar
https://vidsrc.pro

If I create Exceptions, more and more video sites are blocked.

[mchain]

I am now using Avast in Passive Mode and using another antivirus whose Web Shield has no problems.

Try these sites yourself with Avast Web Shield:

hXXps://lulustream.com
hXXps://watchseries.bar
hXXps://vidsrc.pro

If I create Exceptions, more and more video sites are blocked.

Please modify your https: links to hXXps: as I have done in your quote to make these sites unclickable.  Unsuspecting users may not know these links may be malicious.

Using a sandbox, I initiated 2 separate alert for 2 sites.

See attached below:

lulucnd did trigger but watchseries did not connect and widsrc appeared to open normally.  (Correction:  2nd attempt to connect yielded 2nd Avast alert.  Possible 3rd-party connection active sporadically that is malicious.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/1ee3b3da144927d8879323d8a4963a8c36a2f33346c80b15ad9a9b4e5b4474ed?nocache=1
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/bd10e85b4e0ad7e7d7fe147446e6c7b4f9307f1498fcf0e1cab3c1ae2e1cb1ff?nocache=1
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/19f3ade4e45eceabcafc0f657d6ec0d39f0dfe5a2d6c13386db2b40a45517658
https://quttera.com/detailed_report/watchseries.bar - This result is with Avast Free running on system and no connection made to site other than by Quttera.com
https://quttera.com/detailed_report/vidsrc.pro - no detection
https://quttera.com/detailed_report/lulustream.com - no detection

Using a sandbox will protect your real operating system from harm should a malware infection occur.