How to disable Avast on time?

Avast (avast!) - a good free antivirus, which allows you to protect the operating system from most malicious programs. By default, it boots with the system and continuously monitors the environment to identify and prevent potential threats. But what if you need to disable Avast anti-virus for a while to install some complicated program? We will talk about how to do this in this article. Also you may be interested in our previous article How to disable Avast.

How can I disable Avast for a while

Temporarily disable Avast is not difficult. Find the antivirus icon in the system tray next to the clock. Perhaps it's hidden - in that case, click on the small upward-pointing white arrow to open the window with all the hidden icons.

When you find the Avasta icon, click on it on the rightclick and select "Manage Avast Screens" in the menu that appears. A sub-menu will open in which you can select the time period for which you want to disable the antivirus. You can remove the protection for 10 minutes, which is good for quick installation of the software.

Switching off for 1 hour is useful, for example, forIn order to reduce the load on the operating system during a computer game (unless, of course, you are going to play for several hours in a row), you can also disable the antivirus before the next computer reboot, which is especially useful when installing the drivers.

There is also the option "Disable forever", but thisoption, of course, it's better not to choose - unless if you were going to remove Avast to install another antivirus. In any case, no matter which disconnect method you choose, a window will appear with a warning that the program has detected an attempt to stop the security modules. Confirm the operation to disable the antivirus.