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Windows 7, Avast Free and Windows Defender Question
« on: September 20, 2016, 02:23:12 PM »
About the same time as I updated Avast free in August I stopped getting definition updates for the anti-spyware version of Windows Defender. In the past couple of days I discovered that Windows Defender was actually turned off without my permission. I also found that there was register entry that was causing this. Deleting this entry only proves a temporary measure as something keeps reinstating it. My question is does this version of avast free actively turn the windows 7 version of the anti-spyware Windows defender off or have I got a well hidden virus?
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Re: Windows 7, Avast Free and Windows Defender Question
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2016, 02:37:40 PM »
It was turned off by Avast. Avast already protects you against Malware and, Defender conflicts with Avast.
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Re: Windows 7, Avast Free and Windows Defender Question
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2016, 04:14:48 PM »
It didn't conflict before the august update so what changed? Remember this is the Windows 7 version of defender which is spyware and pup protection not the windows 8 & 10 antivirus version. And why did I not get any notification of this change?
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Re: Windows 7, Avast Free and Windows Defender Question
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2016, 04:17:28 PM »
Quote from: mna_mna_uk on September 20, 2016, 04:14:48 PM
It didn't conflict before the august update so what changed? Remember this is the Windows 7 version of defender which is spyware and pup protection not the windows 8 & 10 antivirus version. And why did I not get any notification of this change?
I suggest you pose your question directly to Avast:
http://support.avast.com/support/tickets/new
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Re: Windows 7, Avast Free and Windows Defender Question
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2016, 04:28:58 PM »
The explanation for it is posted by avast elsewhere on this webboard.
Please (re)search before posting.

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=189162.msg1327820#msg1327820
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