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How do I disable Avast self-protection, please?

See pic :slight_smile:

Ty, craigb.
But I clered that box, and Avast is till “Xd” out.

@ crartist1
Whilst it is easy to do as craigb shows, is there a reason you need to do this ?

As suspected the self-defence isn’t the issue and why I asked the question above.

I take it you mean the avast tray icon has a Red X over it and is reporting Unprotected, etc. ?

Ty, Correct.

Have you just installed avast ?
What version of avast do you have free/pro/ais and what build, 7.0.1426 (latest build) ?

Have (or did) you another Anti-Virus installed in this system, if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ?

But I also get the msg Avast is in self-protect, and an RPC error msg, as well.

I’ve been using it 6 years w/no probs.
Have version 6.0.1367 9free)
I also can’t uninstall avast, or add any other anti virus system. Nor canI update Avast.

Looks like the old avast version is corrupt, so I would recommend that you do a clean install of the latest avast7 version:

  • Download the latest version of avast, 7.0.1426 http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe and save it to your HDD, somewhere you can find it again (if you didn’t save your last download). Use that when you reinstall.

  • Download the avast! Uninstall Utility, aswClear.exe find it here and save it to your HDD (it has uninstall tools for 5.x, 6.0.x and 7.0.x).

    1. Now uninstall avast! (using add remove programs, if you can’t do that start from the next step), reboot.- 2. run the avast! Uninstall Utility from safe mode, first for 6.x if previously installed and then for 7.0 if you attempted to install that, once complete reboot into normal mode.- 3. install the latest version, reboot.

Ty,
I’ll try that again, but it hasn’t worked as yet. Gets blocked by current version.

Shouldn’t if uninstall is when in “safe mode”. :slight_smile:

I did use Safe Mode. Didn’t help. But I’ll try again in a minute.I’ll let u know. Thanks for ur help.

Detailed information for installation from scratch:

  1. Download the latest version of avast! Uninstall Utility and save it.
  2. Download the latest avast! version and save it.
  3. (Optional) If you want, save your avast! settings for later restoration (Settings > Maintenance > Back up).
  4. Uninstall avast from Control Panel (if possible). If, for any reason, you can’t run it, try booting in Safe Mode and doing it from there. Anyway, boot after that.
  5. Run the avast! Uninstall Utility saved on 1 in Safe Mode. Boot after you’ve run it. Repeat this for any major avast! version you have ever installed/upgraded in your computer.
  6. Install avast! using the setup saved on 2. Boot.
  7. Register your free copy or add the license key for Pro. Or even upgrade your key from old versions.
  8. Check and post the results. If, for any reason, you did not solve, try doing the step 3 in Safe Mode anyway.

cswclear finally worked!
Thanks to all of you!

You’re welcome.