Restart Avast Application

For some reason I cannot find out how to close the avast application. I can disable it but, exiting it completely
doesn’t work. I even tried ending the process with task manager… though it did not allow me to. Can someone
please explain to me what I am so obviously missing?

Why do you want to do so?

You need to temporarily disable the avast self defense module:

  1. Right click the ‘a’ blue icon on system tray.
  2. Programs settings > Troubleshooting (tab)
  3. Disable self defense module

Do not do that for using avast a second antivirus in the same computer… it won’t work.