# Avast (أفاست)

> Avast is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Gen Digital](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/gen-digital.md)
- Categories: Antivirus & Endpoint Protection, Utilities & System Tools, VPN Services
- Official site: https://www.avast.com
- Community votes: 11
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/avast

## About

Antivirus and internet security software with real-time threat detection and VPN

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community testing in March 2026, where the site returns an Akamai "Access Denied" page from a Syrian IP, showing the geo-block is enforced at the content delivery network before reaching the company's servers. The block has been verified, but no outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-24 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that Avast is blocked in Syria. Accessing avast.com from a Syrian IP returns an Akamai-served "Access Denied" error page, stating "You don't have permission to access http://www.avast.com/ on this server." The error reference points to errors.edgesuite.net, indicating the block is enforced at the Akamai CDN level before reaching Avast's origin servers. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/qytfftd3c4n8q6cplw7rgm1j/c9r7lc4rewyp2rkeke2ksjj4-screenshot-2026-03-24-081344.jpg)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/avast?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/avast/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/avast
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/avast.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/avast.md