Email Guardian, available in Avast One and Avast Premium Security, scans your emails when you check them using a web browser and warns you by marking any malicious or phishing emails that are detected. To use Email Guardian with a Gmail account, you need to enable IMAP in your Gmail account settings and grant access for Email Guardian. This article provides instructions for how to prepare your Gmail account for setup with Email Guardian.

Enable IMAP

1. Sign in to your Google Account, then go to mail.google.com to open your Gmail.
2. In the top-right, click Settings (the gear icon) ▸ See all settings.
3. Select the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
4. In the IMAP access section, select Enable IMAP, then click Save Changes.

IMAP is now enabled for your Gmail account. Continue with the steps in the section below to grant access for Email Guardian.

Access for Email Guardian

The steps to grant access for Email Guardian differ depending on whether you have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled for your Gmail account. Two-factor authentication means that each time you sign in to your Google Account, you have to authorize access on a second device using a code, fingerprint, or face ID.

Select the relevant tab below for instructions to grant access for Email Guardian: