How to temporarily suppress an alert?

[Paul Blueberry]

Suppose,

• you get an Avast alert several times (see the picture), and
• you are convinced, that this is a false positive, i.e. it's not a threat, but Avast incorrectly classifies it as a threat.

Is there a way to automatically suppress this alert with a rule? E.g.:

• If Threat name = so and so and URL = example.com, then abort connection and don't alert me.
• If Threat name = so and so and URL = example.com, then don't abort connection and don't alert me.

ANSWER: There is no such feature (see igor's reply), but there is a similar (less powerful) feature. You can add an exception. Avast Settings > General > Exceptions.

[Pondus]

you are convinced, that this is a false positive, i.e. it's not a threat, but Avast incorrectly classifies it as a threat.

You report it to avast lab so they can investigate and fix
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14433.msg1289438#msg1289438

Is there a way to automatically suppress this alert with a rule? E.g.:

Have no idea, i dont use avast

[DavidR]

The answer was already given in the other topic.
Add an exclusion if you accept the risk that this could bring.

I think, this means no, you won't answer it. Maybe someone else?

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The answer is already in the topic, "Adding an exclusion would leave you at risk (if this isn't legit) and possibly not what you are seeking."
If 'you accept the risk' by adding an exclusion.

[chris...]

Hello,
I have the impression that he wants to know how to set an exception.
So:
https://support.avast.com/article/antivirus-scan-exclusions/#pc

edit:However, if it were me, I'd do some research to find out how to disable Windows telemetry services, which would prevent all these processes (detected by avast) from running.
I personally have W10 on 2 devices (updated) with these services disabled and I don't have any problems.

You report it to avast lab so they can investigate and fix

he certainly knows about it:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=328363.0

[DavidR]

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edit:However, if it were me, I'd do some research to find out how to disable Windows telemetry services, which would prevent all these processes (detected by avast) from running.
I personally have W10 on 2 devices (updated) with these services disabled and I don't have any problems.
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I have Windows10 Home and I have never changed this setting and it is off, presumably by default on the Home version.  I also have my win10 installation setup as a local account, I didn't want to be logging on connecting to a Microsoft account.

[igor]

I'm afraid there are no threat-based exclusions, i.e. it's always all or nothing (plus, the site being on exclusion list generally means the traffic with that site is not scanned at all).

[Paul Blueberry]

Thank you, chris... and igor. So, there is a similar feature called exceptions/exclusions. Unfortunately, this is not as powerful, as the feature described by me. Better than nothing, though.