How To Disable Avast Antivirus In Windows 10
Although Firewall is extremely important feature, which prevents you from hacker attacks, sometimes you may need to turn it off or pause for some reason, typically when it’s blocking access to some application you trust. Or if you have any other 3rd party Firewall (e.g. Comodo Free Firewall). We definitely do not recommend using Windows Firewall over Avast Firewall.
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Firewall is only part of the Avast top tier products – Avast Internet Security, and Avast Premier. It’s not available in the free version.
Disabling Firewall is extremely easy but we recommend doing so only when your computer is not connected to the Internet, so you will stay out of the potential hackers. Basically you have two options how to disable it – a) disable all Avast shields (which includes Web Shield, File System Shield, Mail Shield, Antispam, and Firewall), or b) disable only the Firewall component.
OUR TIP If you want to disable Avast because it’s blocking program or website you trust, we suggest to use the Avast Exceptions/White-list instead.Since option a) is covered already in this article, we will show you step-by-step how to turn off only Firewall.
Quick Summary
- Open your Avast and go to Protection » Firewall
- Switch to OFF state and select for how long you want to disable it
- Confirm by clicking Yes if dialog appears
Read more detailed steps and other options including screenshots below
1. Open the Avast Interface
Go to your Avast interface by double-clicking on the orange icon in the Windows system tray. Or you can find Avast in the Windows Start » Programs » Avast. Leccion de escuela sabatica 2019 pdf.
Once you’re in you should see following message in the status area ‘Firewall is active‘. Click on ‘active‘ which will open following page. Alternatively you can go to ‘Tools‘ » ‘Firewall‘.
2. Disable or Pause Avast Firewall
In the middle of the page, below the Firewall status ‘Firewall is on‘, click on the switcher to OFF state. You have four options – a) Stop for 10 minutes; b) Stop for 1 hour; c) Stop until your next restart; d) Stop indefinitely. It’s up to you which one you will select. If the confirm dialog will appear click on ‘Yes‘.
Disabling/Pausing Firewall in Avast 2017
Alternatively you can also disable Firewall from settings » ‘Components‘ » ‘Firewall‘ and changing the switcher from ON to OFF state.
3. Avast Firewall is Disabled
If you have done everything according to our guide, your Avast status should change to yellow color with the warning message ‘Firewall is turned off‘.
Avast Antivirus 2017 Status Screen – Firewall is Disabled
To turn it back on, simply click on the ‘TURN ON‘ button or do the same steps as you did for turning it off.
If you want to leave Firewall disabled permanently you can remove it from the status monitoring by clicking on ‘IGNORE‘ button. Then your Avast will be ‘green’ again with no warning, even though Firewall will still be disabled.
Additional Notes
Although we have used Avast Free Antivirus 2019 screenshots in this article, these steps are also applicable for all Avast Antivirus solutions (i.e. also for Avast Pro Antivirus, Avast Internet Security, or Avast Premier) running the latest version available.
Steps are relevant for all Windows versions – Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (including Anniversary Update).
Turning off Avast firewall may leave your computer at risk.
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Technology firm Avast offers anti-virus and Internet security software for individuals, small business and educational institutions. Its Avast Free Antivirus program is CNET’s top-rated anti-virus program. While the program provides comprehensive protection for Windows and Mac OS computers, the software may flag and block program files it falsely identifies as a threat to your computer.
Turn Off Avast Temporarily
Open Avast and turn off all shields in the “Active Protection” section. In Windows, you can also complete this task by right-clicking on the Avast icon in the system tray. Install the program you want to unblock.
Finding the Blocked File Path
In order to unblock a program, you need the file path to its executable file. In Windows you can right-click on a program’s icon to retrieve this file path from the dialog that appears. Copy the line of the text in the “Target” field to add the path to your clipboard. On a Mac, use the Finder app to find the program. Press 'Command-I' to open the program’s information dialog and copy the path in the “Where” field.
Unblocking a Program
Open Avast Free Antivirus, then click 'Antivirus' followed by 'Settings.' You can paste the file paths you copied in the “File path” field where you see “(enter file path).” Click “Add” and the program will be excluded from all of Avast’s protection shields, including virus scanning. Do not forget to turn the Avast shields back on after you add the file exclusion.
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