Protect emails online

Email Guardian scans incoming emails directly in up to 5 online email accounts, enhancing your safety when checking emails from any device or browser. To use this feature, you need a paid version of Avast One (Avast One Silver Device Protection or Avast One Gold).

To monitor your email accounts online:

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ Email Guardian, then click Open Email Guardian.
2. Ensure the Overview tab is selected, then click + Add a mailbox.
3. Click Sign in if you are not already signed-in to your Avast Account.
4. Enter your email address, then click Sign in.
   If you see the error message Sorry, we can't connect to that account yet, your email account is currently not compatible with Email Guardian. However, we are working on adding supported email providers.
   

Select the relevant option below for instructions to connect your email account:

• Gmail
• Outlook
• Other email providers

Gmail

1. Sign in to your Gmail email account.
2. To configure your mailbox to work with Email Guardian, tick the boxes next to See and edit your email labels and Read, compose, and send emails from your Gmail account, then click Continue.
3. Click Got it.

Email Guardian is now monitoring the email account.

Outlook

1. Sign in to your Outlook account.
2. Click Accept to give Avast permission to Let this app access your info?.
3. Click Got it.

Email Guardian is now monitoring the email account.

Other email providers

For some email providers, you need to set up your email account to work with Email Guardian. If your email provider is listed in the table below, click the relevant link to follow the instructions on your email provider's support website. After setting up your email account to work with Email Guardian, follow the steps below to complete the process in Avast One.

1. If you already set up your email account to work with Email Guardian, then continue with the relevant screen below according to your email provider's requirements:
   If you see an error message, click Try again. If setup fails again, click Close, and try again from the beginning using the exact steps in this article. If set up continues to fail, ensure the email address you are trying to add is compatible with Email Guardian, then contact Avast Support for further assistance.
   • App-specific password: Enter your app-specific password, then click Sign in.
   • Email password: Enter your email password, then click Sign in.
2. Click Got it.

Email Guardian is now monitoring the email account.

Remove an email account

To stop Email Guardian from monitoring an email account:

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ Email Guardian, then click Open Email Guardian.
2. Under Protected mailboxes, hover your cursor over the relevant email account and click the X icon.
3. Click Yes, stop monitoring.

Your email account is now removed from Email Guardian and is no longer monitored for malicious or phishing emails.

Protect emails on your device

Email Guardian scans for malware in emails sent or received through any email client application installed on your Mac, including Apple Mail and Microsoft Outlook. This feature is enabled by default in all versions of Avast One, including the free version (Avast One Basic).

To ensure Email Guardian is monitoring your email client applications:

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ Email Guardian, then click Open Email Guardian.
2. Select the Overview tab and ensure that the slider is set to green (ON).
3. Optionally, select the Settings tab to configure Email Guardian settings that help protect the email applications on your device.

Add exceptions

You can add domains which will be excepted from Email Guardian scans. This applies only for protection of mail applications installed on this Mac.

1. Open Avast One and select Explore ▸ Email Guardian, then click Open Email Guardian.
2. Select the Settings tab and click Add exceptions.
3. Enter the domain name you do not want to scan and choose the relevant protocols. Click Add.

To remove a server from the exception list, hover your cursor over the relevant item and click the X icon.