Avast is a great anti-virus program but sometimes Avast falsely flags a perfect legit software program as being malicious, containing a virus, when it does not. Thankfully, Avast makes it extremely easier to tell it to leave a software program alone so Avast allows it to run properly and does not delete the file on your hard disk.

To whilelist and allows a software program or file within Avast:

  1. Locate the Avast icon in your PC's system tray.
  2. Double click the icon. This will cause the Avast user interface to become visible.
  3. In the upper right corner of the Avast software, click the Menu item.
  4. In the drop down menu that appears, click Settings ...