Legacy Avast One - Getting Started

Scan Center includes a range of scans to detect malware, security vulnerabilities, and performance issues on your Mac. To access Scan Center and run a scan:

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ Scan Center, then click Open Scan Center.
2. Select the Scan now tab, then choose your preferred scan from the following options:
   1. Smart Scan: Performs a comprehensive scan that detects malware, as well as privacy and performance issues.
   2. Deep Scan: Performs an in-depth scan for malware, checking your whole system from top to bottom. This scan may take several minutes to complete.
   3. Targeted Scan: Performs a scan for malware in the folders or drives that you specify.
   4. External Storage Scan: Performs a scan of any USB, external drive, or other storage device connected to your Mac.
   5. Scheduled Scans: Create your own scan and specify the parameters.
   

If a scan detects malware on your Mac, the suspicious file is moved to Quarantine.

For more information about Scan Center, refer to the article: Scanning for viruses with Avast One.

When you use the Avast One performance tools regularly, they can enhance your Mac's performance by clearing disk space and eliminating unwanted programs and security risks. To use the performance features:

1. Open Avast One and select Explore in the left panel.
2. Under Smooth performance, select from the following features:
   • Disk Cleaner (paid feature): Scans for and safely deletes dispensable files that may be using a large amount of disk space on your Mac.
   • App Uninstaller (paid feature): Free up space by removing unused apps and helps ensure that all junk files are deleted.
   • Photo Cleaner (paid feature): Delete bad or similar photos to create space for more photos and easily browse your library.
   • Duplicate Finder (paid feature): Scans and lets you review the detected duplicate files and select which files you want to remove from your Mac.
   

Data Breach Monitoring allows you to check if the login details for any of your online accounts have been involved in a data breach. The exact functionality of this feature differs according to your version of the product. Refer to the relevant section below:

Tracking Prevention is a paid feature which helps you be more private online by preventing data collection companies from assigning you an online ID to track your behavior and share the data with advertisers.

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ Tracking Prevention.
2. Click Turn on.

Tracking Prevention is now enabled.

Avast One includes many protection features, which help ensure your device runs safely and alert you about harmful files and connections. To explore the protection features in Avast One:

1. Tap the Avast One icon on the Home screen of your device to open the app.
2. Tap Explore in the bottom panel.
3. Under Device protection, select from the following features:
   • Scan Center: Allows you to run a scan to check for malware, security vulnerabilities, and performance issues on your device.
   • Web Shield: Blocks malicious URLs and warns you when you try to visit a dangerous website.
   • Email Guardian (paid feature): Scans your incoming emails for up to 5 mailboxes when you check them using a web browser. For more information, refer to the article: Email Guardian - Getting Started.
   • Scam Protection (paid feature): Checks if the links you receive via email or SMS are safe.
   • App Lock (paid feature): Protects your sensitive apps with a PIN, pattern, or fingerprint.
   

To stay protected, keep Device protection features enabled and run regular scans to check for malware and other security vulnerabilities on your device.

Scan Center includes a range of scans that allow you to check for malware, security vulnerabilities, and performance issues on your device. To access Scan Center and run a scan:

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ Scan Center.
2. Choose your preferred scan from the following options:
   • Smart Scan: Performs a comprehensive scan that detects viruses, malware, vulnerable device and app settings, and advanced issues you can resolve by purchasing a premium subscription.
   • Deep Scan: Performs an in-depth scan for malware and potential security vulnerabilities, checking every part of your Android device.
   • File Scan: Performs a scan for malware in the files or folders that you specify.
   • Network inspector: Checks the networks you are connected to for security risks.

With the paid version of Avast One, you can enable Automatically scan for threats to schedule automatic scans and Automatically scan Wi-Fi to scan new Wi-Fi networks you connect to.

Web Shield analyzes your connections to websites and alerts you about harmful files and dangerous or fraudulent connections. To enable Web Shield:

1. Open Avast One and tap Explore ▸ Web Shield.
2. Tap Switch ON, then follow the on-screen instructions to give Avast One the required permissions.
3. If prompted, tap Open Settings and follow the instructions to disable battery optimization for Avast One.

Web Shield is now enabled. The following options are available via the Web Shield screen:

1. Disable: Tap ⋮ More options (three dots) ▸ Turn off Web Shield to temporarily disable the feature.
2. Scam Protection: When Scam Protection is enabled, Avast One opens behind the scenes to quickly scan links from outside your web browser (for example, from an email, SMS, or messaging app).
3. Block or allow websites: Specify webpages that are always allowed or blocked.
4. Threats blocked: View the number of blocked threats on an hourly basis.

Avast One will notify you of a potentially unsafe website with the message Suspicious website detected.

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ VPN Secure Connection.
2. Tap the large gray OFF button so that it changes to blue ON.

You are now connected to the internet via our secure Avast VPN servers. By default, you are connected to the Fastest location.

The following options are available via the VPN Secure Connection screen:

• Change location: With the paid version of Avast One, you can tap the Server location tile and select a different location from the list of available servers.
• Auto-connect on public Wi-Fi: Automatically enables VPN Secure Connection whenever you connect to an untrusted public Wi-Fi network (such as in an airport or cafe). To enable this setting, tap the gray (OFF) slider so that it changes to blue (ON).

For more information about VPN Secure Connection, refer to the article: VPN Secure Connection - Getting Started.

Data Breach Monitoring allows you to check if the login details for any of your online accounts have been involved in a data breach. The exact functionality of this feature differs according to your version of the app. Refer to the relevant section below:

Junk Cleaner detects dispensable items that are occupying your device's storage, including leftover APKs, residual files, visible cache, and shared cache. To remove these items to free up storage space:

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ Performance Center.
2. Select Junk Cleaner.

   The first time you run the Junk Cleaner, you may be prompted to grant All files access to Avast One in your device settings.

3. Once the scan completes, tap Resolve.
4. Tap Delete to clean a specific category or Delete all to clean everything.
5. Tap Done to return to the Performance Center screen.

Your device is now optimized. With the paid version of Avast One, you can enable Automatically free up space to ensure that Avast One automatically removes junk files from your device once per day.

Smart Scan performs a comprehensive scan that detects when your app settings are not configured for optimal security and privacy. To run a Smart Scan:

1. Tap the Avast One icon on the Home screen of your device to open the app.
2. Tap Run Smart Scan.
3. Wait while Avast One scans your device for vulnerability issues, then tap Resolve. Optionally, tap the Advanced protection panel to view the advanced issues.
4. Follow the instructions for each found vulnerability to resolve the issue.

For detailed instructions on how to solve the found issues, refer to the sections below.

A paid subscription is required to solve Advanced protection issues.

Web Shield analyzes your connections to websites and alerts you about harmful files and dangerous or fraudulent connections. To enable Web Shield:

1. Open Avast One and tap Explore ▸ Web Shield.
2. Tap Next twice, then tap Enable.
3. If prompted, tap Allow to add VPN configurations.

Web Shield is now enabled. The following options are available via the Web Shield screen:

1. Disable: Tap Turn off Web Shield to temporarily disable the feature.
2. Statistics: View the number of scans and blocked threats on an hourly basis.
3. Blocked websites: Tap to view a list of malicious websites blocked by Avast One.

Email Guardian is a paid feature which scans your incoming emails for up to 5 mailboxes when you check them using a web browser. Every new email is labeled as either , or for potentially malicious and phishing emails. To set up Email Guardian:

1. Open Avast One and tap Explore ▸ Email Guardian.
2. Tap Next, then tap Add mailbox.
3. Enter your email address, tap Continue, then tap Sign in. Your browser opens.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to give Avast One permissions to flag suspicious emails, then tap Got it.

Your mailbox is now set up for monitoring by Email Guardian.

For more information about Email Guardian, refer to the following articles:

• Email Guardian - FAQs
• Email Guardian - Getting Started

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ VPN Secure Connection.
2. Tap Next twice, then tap Enable.
3. If prompted, tap Allow to add the necessary VPN configurations.

You are now connected to the internet via our secure Avast VPN servers. By default, you are connected to the Fastest location.

The following options are also available via the VPN Secure Connection screen:

1. Disable: Tap Turn off to temporarily disable the feature.
2. Location: With the paid version of Avast One, you can tap Your location appears to others as: and select a different location from the list of available servers.
3. IP address: Shows the randomly assigned virtual IP address, keeping your real location hidden while you are connected to the VPN.

For more information about VPN Secure Connection, refer to the article: VPN Secure Connection - Getting Started.

Data Breach Monitoring allows you to check if the login details for any of your online accounts have been involved in a data breach. The exact functionality of this feature differs according to your version of the app. Refer to the relevant section below:

Photo Vault protects your photos and images from prying eyes by moving them to a passcode-protected, encrypted vault. To start using Photo Vault, follow the instructions below:

With Avast One Essential (the free version) up to 40 photos or images from your device or camera can be added to the vault. With a paid Avast One subscription you can store an unlimited number of photos or images in Photo Vault.

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ Photo Vault.
2. Tap Next twice, then tap Enable Photo Vault.
3. Create a four digit access code that you will use to sign in to your Photo Vault. Type it a second time to confirm.
4. To add photos, select either Photo Library or Camera and follow the relevant steps below:
   • Photo Library
     1. If prompted, tap Allow Access to All Photos to give Avast One permission to access your Photo Library.
     2. Tap a photo to select it, then tap Import.
     3. Optionally, tap Delete to remove the photo from your photo library.
   • Camera
     1. If prompted, tap OK to give Avast One permission to access your camera.
     2. Take a photo, then tap Use Photo or Retake.
   

Your photo is imported into Photo Vault.

If you uninstall the legacy Avast One app, any photos stored in Photo Vault are deleted along with the app and cannot be restored. The legacy app cannot be reinstalled. We recommend exporting your files from Photo Vault before uninstalling legacy Avast One.