Hello.
Every time I start my computer, I open up Task manager and end explorer.exe right when I login, I wait for a little bit, then use "New Task" to start it again. This is so that I start up the programs I want to run, essentially extinguishing all of the spam programs I don't need that Hewlett Packard pre-installs on all of their machines.
But, AvastUI.exe doesn't start. I know AvastSvc.exe starts even without explorer.exe, as it is a Service. And I usually manually run AvastUI.exe anyway.
The bottom line is; Is AvastUI.exe just the GUIs, and am I offered the same protection if it isn't running? (In other words, is AvastSvc.exe the core engine?)