Configuring Two-Factor Authentication for Business Hub

 

The Business Hub offers the two-factor authentication (2FA) feature as an additional layer of security for your network. Two-factor authentication requires a separate device (such as a phone) with a secure, constantly changing authentication code in addition to the user's password to log in.

Enabling Two-Factor Authentication

You can only enable 2FA for yourself, as enabling it for another user would lock them out of their account without the authentication application configured.

1. Click your profile icon in the top right corner of the browser window, then click Your Profile
2. Click Open Avast Account
   • You will be brought to profile.avast.com to alter your account information
3. In the Security section, click Turn on 2-step verification, enter your Avast Account password, then click Continue
4. A dialog box will appear with basic steps to set up Authentication on your secondary device using Google Authenticator. If you do not know how to install this application, see Downloading and Using Google Authenticator.

5. Once you have Google Authenticator installed on your device, click Continue to setup
6. Follow the steps to add the Avast account to your authenticator
7. Enter the authentication code from your device, then click Turn on

8. A success message will appear with a recovery code in the event you lose your device, and you will also receive a confirmation email to the address on file
   • We recommend you save the recovery code on a device that is not your phone, or on paper kept somewhere you will remember it

9. The next time you log in to the Business Hub with your username and password, a secondary screen will appear requesting the authentication code from your device. Enter the code, then click Sign in

Disabling Two-Factor Authentication

If you need to disable 2FA, click Turn off beneath 2-step verification on profile.avast.com, enter your password, enter the authentication code, then click Turn off again to confirm.

Downloading and Using Google Authenticator

1. From your mobile device, open App Store (iOS) / Google Play store (Android), then search for Google Authenticator by Google LLC and download it to your device
2. Open the application by clicking its icon
3. Select Begin to view the opening tutorial or skip it
4. Once you reach the Add an account page, select Scan a barcode (if prompted, allow the app to take pictures and record video)

5. Hold your phone's camera to the QR code in the dialog box on your computer screen
6. The verification code you will need to enter into the text box will populate. The code changes frequently, and a small timer will be visible in the bottom right near the code
7. Enter the verification code, then click Add Account to add the Business Hub's authentication to your app

Any time you log in to the Business Hub, you will use the code for Avast in Google Authenticator to authenticate your login.