Why does avast keep running after i tell it to pause? Both the toolbar icon and the interface say it’s paused after I try to pause it, but Task Manager shows that it stills keeps running, and will not let me disable it, not even in admin mode. Thanks.
What version of avast are you running 4 or 5? Do you or have you had any prior AV installed on your PC?
If you pause avast that doesn’t mean its modules get unloaded. Just the shields get paused…!
asyn
S/He is using avast 4.8 as there is no Pause in 5.0 only stop.
@ theta
You are only pausing the Scanning of a Shield, etc. the services will still be running ready for you to resume.
You can’t kill it because the self-defence module is stopping you from doing so.
The important question is why is it that you want to Stop/Pause/Kill avast ?