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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: pfiedler55 on June 06, 2019, 10:00:22 PM

Title: Avast shuts off my Windows Defender
Post by: pfiedler55 on June 06, 2019, 10:00:22 PM

How do I stop Avast from shutting down my Microsoft installed Windows Defender?

Title: Re: Avast shuts off my Windows Defender
Post by: Patrick2 on June 06, 2019, 10:02:37 PM

Defender is designed to shut itself mostly off when a 3rd Party Antivirus is installed.    Only function that is allowed to work I believe with Avast installed is Periodic Scanning

Title: Re: Avast shuts off my Windows Defender
Post by: Pondus on June 06, 2019, 10:05:06 PM

when you install a antivirus, microsoft defender is autodisabled

See info   https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=211973.0


https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17464/windows-10-help-protect-my-device-with-windows-security

Title: Re: Avast shuts off my Windows Defender
Post by: schmidthouse on June 07, 2019, 08:34:57 PM

It's prudent to in mind that having 2 (two) firewalls active together is never a wise decision; simply put "rules" can/will conflict.