If it is blocking a program, then there is a possibility that Avast is right, and the program is malicious towards your system. Well, Avast only blocks a program that it considers a threat to your system. The question that pops up us why Avast is blocking programs from running. In this article, I have discussed how to unblock applications and websites from Avast. Fortunately, in Avast there are ways to unblock applications and websites that are false positives. In general, it is a pretty common issue that applications are stopped working due to an antivirus not allowing them. I have seen plenty of cases where Avast won’t let me run a program or visit a website. Any application Avast flags are stopped from working and it’s similar for websites also.

False positives are applications or websites that aren’t malicious but still get flagged by Avast. However, Avast is also known for hitting false positives. Avast is an extremely popular antivirus, which is known for its regular updates and quality protection of the system.