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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Richard901 on May 31, 2020, 12:52:12 AM

Title: Gaming Mode no longer working as intended.
Post by: Richard901 on May 31, 2020, 12:52:12 AM

HI, Avast I am Gamer I do it for fun not competitive. I being having heck time trying to Game since avast no longer plays nice with Games i added to applications to leave alone. I have to turn off avast to be able game in peace if not it tries to stop from running properly & in Task manager you can see cpu being bog down to 100% usage were nothing in pc responds at all. Only way i can play like mention before is turn off avast protection. Just letting you know in case this help others understand why. This became a problem after last update for what i notice. thanks for reading

Title: Re: Gaming Mode no longer working as intended.
Post by: Asyn on May 31, 2020, 10:31:33 AM

Hi, the old Game Mode has been replaced by DND Mode a while ago.
https://support.avast.com/en-ww/article/Antivirus-Do-Not-Disturb-FAQ

Title: Re: Gaming Mode no longer working as intended.
Post by: Richard901 on June 01, 2020, 10:31:53 PM

ok thanks for the reply will check it out. even do play some games i have to disable shields is ok by me.

Title: Re: Gaming Mode no longer working as intended.
Post by: Asyn on June 02, 2020, 05:25:32 AM

You're welcome.