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Prevent Avast From Starting
« on: November 04, 2018, 12:09:51 AM »
How do I permanently prevent Avast from starting when I boot my computer? I don't want to uninstall, unless that is the only recourse, just stop it from starting at all.

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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2018, 05:20:34 AM »
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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2018, 01:32:27 PM »
No; that's not the answer. I want to PREVENT startup of Avast. Is that possible without uninstalling it?

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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2018, 01:36:45 PM »
To start with, why would you need that..?
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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2018, 01:57:26 PM »
I'd rather not get into a circle of sub-discussions on the reasons why. Is it possible to prevent startup of Avast without uninstalling it?

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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2018, 02:00:48 PM »
I'd rather not get into a circle of sub-discussions on the reasons why.
That's ok, but if so, I'm out.
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2018, 02:01:53 PM »
Does anyone know the answer?

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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2018, 02:08:08 PM »
Dont know if it is possible, but If it is a scanner only you want that does not start up at computer boot then there are other options



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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2018, 02:48:33 PM »
I am aware of the "Disable permanently" option in the shields control, but I'm trying to have a normal startup, with every startup, of the computer with no Avast processes running at all.

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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2018, 03:11:53 PM »
With other options i mean other programs....


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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2018, 03:32:15 PM »
No, that's not possible; you'd have to uninstall.
I mean, of course you could manually remove the relevant registry keys to prevent the processes from starting, but first it's not everything (there are other things being loaded, e.g. drivers), second they would most likely come back during program updates (and possibly other operations), third there's no point in having Avast in that state on your machine (I would say it could cause more harm than good) - so uninstalling would be a safer option.

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Re: Prevent Avast From Starting
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2018, 03:43:29 PM »
Thanks. I'll uninstall it.