How to disable individual Avast Shields
- Step 1: Open the Avast User Interface. To accomplish this, you can either type “Avast” into the Windows Start menu or click on Avast's notification area icon. ...
- Step 2: Find Protection > Core Shields. ...
- Step 3: Disable the right Shield and retry the action.
How do I turn off Avast?
Step 1: Locate the orange icon for Avast on the Windows taskbar, then right-click to open the settings for the antivirus Avast. Step 2: Now, go to Avast shields and select one of the given options i.e. disabling for 10 minutes, for an hour, until the computer is restarted or disable the shields permanently.
How do I disable Avast free antivirus?
Right-click Avast Free Antivirus, then select Uninstall from the drop-down menu. If prompted for permission by the User Account Control dialog, click Yes. When Avast Free Antivirus Setup appears, click Uninstall. Click Yes to confirm that you want to uninstall Avast Free Antivirus.