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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Rick - Avast User on November 08, 2020, 08:37:38 AM

Title: problem installing programs - request for antivirus program improvement
Post by: Rick - Avast User on November 08, 2020, 08:37:38 AM

Avast Antivirus has worked well for me until recently.

I download programs from the GiveAwayOfTheDay.com site.  It is common for me to have to disable the four core shields to enable the program install.  But recently that has not worked.  I finally found that I had to enter the Avast Passive mode to enable the installs.  This require restart of Windows and is rather cumbersome to do.

I appreciate the difficulty of providing system protection, but is there a way to make program installs easier to do? 

Title: Re: problem installing programs - request for antivirus program improvement
Post by: bob3160 on November 08, 2020, 03:55:45 PM

Quote from: Rick - Avast User on November 08, 2020, 08:37:38 AM

Avast Antivirus has worked well for me until recently.

I download programs from the GiveAwayOfTheDay.com site.  It is common for me to have to disable the four core shields to enable the program install.  But recently that has not worked.  I finally found that I had to enter the Avast Passive mode to enable the installs.  This require restart of Windows and is rather cumbersome to do.

I appreciate the difficulty of providing system protection, but is there a way to make program installs easier to do?

The download for me was not blocked by Avast but by Google.
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For me this is enough to find something else.
Your computer, your choice.