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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: vsub on August 17, 2013, 10:15:56 AM
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I don't remember installing it(I installed avast few months ago and I rarely open the gui)but the Mail Shield is there and it stays as
Protection Status: Unknown
If I try to start the shield,I get
Unable to start the Mail Shield!
Shield unreachable
And if I try to stop it,nothing happens
If I try to remove it
Add or Remove Programs=>Avast=>Change/Remove=>Change=>Uncheck the Mail Shield=>Next=>Finish.
The Shield is not removed after that nor after restart
I don't use anything that need that kind of protection so I never install that module(maybe I installed it by accident but I'm not 100% sure)
I'm using Avast Home 8.0.1489 on Windows XP x86
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leaving that shield (or any shield) as it is will not slow down your comp......
but you could try a new clean install..... uninstall avast with the removal tool reboot and install again to see if that changes anything