--- a/exceptionrules.txt
+++ b/exceptionrules.txt
@@ -8580,16 +8580,25 @@ expatriate.pl#@#.Ad-label
 @@|http://$popup,domain=crawler.com|crawlercenter.com|inbox.com
 @@|https://$popup,domain=crawler.com|crawlercenter.com|inbox.com
 @@||crawlercenter.com/search/^$elemhide
 @@||crawler.com^$elemhide
 @@||inbox.com^$elemhide
 @@||google.com/afs/gen_204?$domain=crawler.com|crawlercenter.com|inbox.com
 @@||google.com/afs/ads^$subdocument,domain=crawler.com|crawlercenter.com|inbox.com,document
 
+! avast software search ads (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=44654)
+@@||google.com/afs/ads^$subdocument,domain=search.avast.com,document
+||search.avast.com/px.gif?ch=2&rn=$domain=search.avast.com
+@@||search.avast.com^$elemhide
+@@|http://$popup,domain=search.avast.com
+@@|https://$popup,domain=search.avast.com
+@@||google.com/afs/gen_204?$domain=search.avast.com
+@@||search.avast.com/px.gif?ch=1&rn=$domain=search.avast.com
+
 ! Conversion tracking whitelisting (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=13771)
 ! DoubleClick/Adsense conversion tracking #1
 @@||g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/$subdocument,image
 @@||googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion_async.js
 @@||googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion/$image,subdocument
 @@||google.ac/ads/user-lists/$image,subdocument,third-party
 @@||google.ad/ads/user-lists/$image,subdocument,third-party
 @@||google.ae/ads/user-lists/$image,subdocument,third-party