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How to exclude a website from ESET

ESET internet security protects you against harmful web content if categorized as fraud, malware, spam, etc.
In this guide, we will show you:

  • How to allow access to a known safe website.
  • How to exclude a web address from being checked in Web Access Protection.

Excluding a website poses a security risk, but if a website is being blocked by Web Access Protection, and you are 100% certain that it is harmless, you can access it by following the steps below.

STEP 1:
In the main program window, press the F5 key, which opens the Advanced setup window.

exclude a website from ESET

there is also another way to open the Advanced setup window.

In the main program window, click on the Setup option.

exclude a website from ESET

In the setup menu, click on the Advanced setup option.

exclude a website from ESET

STEP 2:
Click on the WEB AND EMAIL option.

exclude a website from ESET

Click on the Web access protection option.

exclude a website from ESET

Click on the URL ADDRESS MANAGEMENT option.

exclude a website from ESET

And then click on the Edit option.

exclude a website from ESET

STEP 3:
Select List of addresses excluded from content scan, then click the Edit button.

exclude a website from ESET
exclude a website from ESET

STEP 4:
in the new window, click on the Add button.

exclude a website from ESET

STEP 5:
Type the website or domain you want to exclude in the field. for each website you add, be sure to either include “www.” or a wildcard “*” symbol, as in “www.ieseti.com” or “ieseti.com”.and then click the OK button.

exclude a website from ESET
exclude a website from ESET

then click on the OK button.

exclude a website from ESET

STEP 6:
once you are back in the advanced setup window, click the OK button.

exclude a website from ESET



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