Email Guardian, available in Avast Premium Security and Avast One, scans your incoming emails when you check them using a web browser. Any malicious or phishing emails are marked with an 'Avast: Suspicious' label.
Email Guardian, available in Avast Premium Security and Avast One, scans your incoming emails when you check them using a web browser. Any malicious or phishing emails are marked with an 'Avast: Suspicious' label.
Set up Email Guardian
- Open Avast Premium Security, then select Protection ▸ Email Guardian.
- Click Add email account.
- Enter your email address, then click Continue. 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 continuously adding supported email providers.
Select the relevant option below for instructions to connect your email account:
Gmail
- Click Sign in to open Gmail, then sign in to your Gmail account.
- 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.
Email Guardian does not collect or store any of your emails. If it detects a malicious email, it only flags it within your mailbox. You can decide what to do with the email. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.
- Click Got it.
Outlook
- Click Sign in to open Outlook, then sign in to your Outlook account.
- Click Yes to give Avast permission to Let this app access your info?.
- Click Got it.
Other email providers
Configure your email account
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. If your email provider is not listed in the table above or you already set up your email account to work with Email Guardian, follow the steps below to complete the process in Avast Premium Security.
Email provider | Setup | Instructions |
AOL | App-specific password (only needed if two-factor authentication is on) | AOL ▸ Create and manage third-party app passwords |
Comcast | App-specific password | Comcast ▸ How to Set Up Your Comcast Email Address with an Email Program |
GMX | Enable IMAP | GMX ▸ Activate or deactivate POP3 and IMAP |
Mail.ru | App-specific password | Mail.ru ▸ IMAP, SMTP и POP3 Mail.ru |
Seznam | App-specific password | Seznam ▸ IMAP, POP3, SMTP |
Web.de | Enable IMAP | Web.de ▸ Serverdaten für IMAP und SMTP |
Yahoo | App-specific password | Yahoo ▸ Generate and manage third-party app passwords |
Yandex | Enable IMAP App-specific password | Yandex ▸ Configuring desktop email clients |
- If your email provider is not listed in the table above or 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:
- App password: Enter your app-specific password, then click Continue.
- Email password: Enter your email password, then click Continue.
- App password: Enter your app-specific password, then click Continue.
- Click Got it.
Your email is now set up for monitoring by Email Guardian.
Set up Email Guardian
- Open Avast One and select
Explore ▸ Email Guardian, then click Open Email Guardian.
- Select the On the web tab.
- Click Add email account.
- Enter your email address, then click Continue. 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 continuously adding supported email providers.
Select the relevant option below for instructions to connect your email account:
Gmail
- Click Sign in to open Gmail, then sign in to your Gmail account.
- 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.
Email Guardian does not collect or store any of your emails. If it detects a malicious email, it only flags it within your mailbox. You can decide what to do with the email. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.
- Click Got it.
Outlook
- Click Sign in to open Outlook, then sign in to your Outlook account.
- Click Yes to give Avast permission to Let this app access your info?.
- Click Got it.
Other email providers
Configure your email account
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.
Email provider | Setup | Instructions |
AOL | App-specific password (only needed if two-factor authentication is on) | AOL ▸ Create and manage third-party app passwords |
Comcast | App-specific password | Comcast ▸ How to Set Up Your Comcast Email Address with an Email Program |
GMX | Enable IMAP | GMX ▸ Activate or deactivate POP3 and IMAP |
Mail.ru | App-specific password | Mail.ru ▸ IMAP, SMTP и POP3 Mail.ru |
Seznam | App-specific password | Seznam ▸ IMAP, POP3, SMTP |
Web.de | Enable IMAP | Web.de ▸ Serverdaten für IMAP und SMTP |
Yahoo | App-specific password | Yahoo ▸ Generate and manage third-party app passwords |
Yandex | Enable IMAP App-specific password | Yandex ▸ Configuring desktop email clients |
- If your email provider is not listed in the table above or 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:
- App-specific password: Enter your app-specific password, then click Continue.
- Email password: Enter your email password, then click Continue.
- App-specific password: Enter your app-specific password, then click Continue.
- Click Got it.
Your email is now set up for monitoring by Email Guardian.
Remove an email account
To stop Email Guardian from monitoring an email account:
- Open Avast Premium Security, then select Protection ▸ Email Guardian.
- Under Email accounts, hover your cursor over the relevant email account and click the X icon.
- Click Yes, remove.
Your email is now removed from Email Guardian and is no longer monitored for malicious or phishing emails.
To stop Email Guardian from monitoring an email account:
- Open Avast One and select
Explore ▸ Email Guardian, then click Open Email Guardian.
- Under Protected mailboxes, hover your cursor over the relevant email account and click the X icon.
- Click Yes, remove.
Your email is now removed from Email Guardian and is no longer monitored for malicious or phishing emails.
Set up Email Guardian
- Open Avast Premium Security select Email Guardian.
- Ensure the Overview tab is selected, then click + Add a mailbox.
- Enter your email address, then click Continue. 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 continuously adding supported email providers.
Select the relevant option below for instructions to connect your email account:
Gmail
- Sign in to your Gmail email account.
- 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.
Email Guardian does not collect or store any of your emails. If it detects a malicious email, it only flags it within your mailbox. You can decide what to do with the email. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.
- Click Got it.
Outlook
- Sign in to your Outlook account.
- Click Yes to give Avast permission to Let this app access your info?.
- Click Got it.
Other email providers
Configure your email account
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 Premium Security.
Email provider | Setup | Instructions |
AOL | App-specific password (only needed if two-factor authentication is on) | AOL ▸ Create and manage third-party app passwords |
Comcast | App-specific password | Comcast ▸ How to Set Up Your Comcast Email Address with an Email Program |
GMX | Enable IMAP | GMX ▸ Activate or deactivate POP3 and IMAP |
Mail.ru | App-specific password | Mail.ru ▸ IMAP, SMTP и POP3 Mail.ru |
Seznam | App-specific password | Seznam ▸ IMAP, POP3, SMTP |
Web.de | Enable IMAP | Web.de ▸ Serverdaten für IMAP und SMTP |
Yahoo | App-specific password | Yahoo ▸ Generate and manage third-party app passwords |
Yandex | Enable IMAP App-specific password | Yandex ▸ Configuring desktop email clients |
- If your email provider is not listed in the table above or 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.
- App-specific password: Enter your app-specific password, then click Continue.
- Email password: Enter your email password, then click Continue.
- App-specific password: Enter your app-specific password, then click Continue.
- Click Got it.
Your email is now set up for monitoring by Email Guardian.
Set up Email Guardian
- Open Avast One and select
Explore ▸ Email Guardian, then click Open Email Guardian.
- Ensure the Overview tab is selected, then click + Add a mailbox.
- Enter your email address, then click Continue. 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 continuously adding supported email providers.
Select the relevant option below for instructions to connect your email account:
Gmail
- Sign in to your Gmail email account.
- 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.
Email Guardian does not collect or store any of your emails. If it detects a malicious email, it only flags it within your mailbox. You can decide what to do with the email. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.
- Click Got it.
Outlook
- Sign in to your Outlook account.
- Click Yes to give Avast permission to Let this app access your info?.
- Click Got it.
Other email providers
Configure your email account
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.
Email provider | Setup | Instructions |
AOL | App-specific password (only needed if two-factor authentication is on) | AOL ▸ Create and manage third-party app passwords |
Comcast | App-specific password | Comcast ▸ How to Set Up Your Comcast Email Address with an Email Program |
GMX | Enable IMAP | GMX ▸ Activate or deactivate POP3 and IMAP |
Mail.ru | App-specific password | Mail.ru ▸ IMAP, SMTP и POP3 Mail.ru |
Seznam | App-specific password | Seznam ▸ IMAP, POP3, SMTP |
Web.de | Enable IMAP | Web.de ▸ Serverdaten für IMAP und SMTP |
Yahoo | App-specific password | Yahoo ▸ Generate and manage third-party app passwords |
Yandex | Enable IMAP App-specific password | Yandex ▸ Configuring desktop email clients |
- If your email provider is not listed in the table above or 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.
- App-specific password: Enter your app-specific password, then click Continue.
- Email password: Enter your email password, then click Continue.
- App-specific password: Enter your app-specific password, then click Continue.
- Click Got it.
Your email is now set up for monitoring by Email Guardian.
Remove an email account
To stop Email Guardian from monitoring an email account:
- Open Avast Premium Security and select Email Guardian.
- Under Protected mailboxes, hover your cursor over the relevant email account and click the X icon.
- Click Yes, stop monitoring.
- Open Avast One and select
Explore ▸ Email Guardian, then click Open Email Guardian.
- Under Protected mailboxes, hover your cursor over the relevant email account and click the X icon.
- Click Yes, stop monitoring.
Your email is now removed from Email Guardian and is no longer monitored for malicious or phishing emails.
- Avast Premium Security 22.x for Windows
- Avast One 22.x for Windows
- Avast Premium Security 15.x for Mac
- Avast One 22.x for Mac
- Microsoft Windows 11 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education
- Microsoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic / Home Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate - Service Pack 1 with Convenient Rollup Update, 32 / 64-bit
- Apple macOS 12.x (Monterey)
- Apple macOS 11.x (Big Sur)
- Apple macOS 10.15.x (Catalina)
- Apple macOS 10.14.x (Mojave)
- Apple macOS 10.13.x (High Sierra)
Updated on: 02/06/2022