Avast Free Protection

[system]

I was wanting to know if I have to actually open the Avast application for it to protect my computer. I was expecting after installation for Avast to startup automatically every time I turn on my PC l. Do I need to open the Avast app for it to protect my PC? I’m running Windows 10 I’m a Dell Laptop

[Alikhan]

Avast starts up automatically when you start the computer.

You may not see the tray icon immediately but the protection is started immediately.

That’s actually intentional - to minimize the effect on Windows startup (i.e. on other programs you may want to launch or be launched early), the start of the Avast UI has been delayed - which includes the tray icon.
However, it doesn’t mean that your machine is not protected till then - the main service (AvastSvc.exe) is launched earlier and it doesn’t need the UI to be running to scan and block infected files. So the real time protection is running, you just don’t know about it for a while.

[system]

Thanks so much for replying so quickly. Wow Avast rocks!!!

[Alikhan]

@Joey42 post:3

Thanks so much for replying so quickly. Wow Avast rocks!!!

You’re welcome.