However, that is not suggested as your system will become vulnerable in the absence of an anti-virus. In case, none of the above works for you, you can also choose to uninstall the anti-virus. You can enable the shield from here again, whenever you want. Also, a message will appear stating that the particular shield is off. Since you have turned off some of the shields, the status icon will appear yellow. You can select the ones you need to turn off.

Once you select “active protection”, you will see various active shields. If you are using an older version of Avast, the same thing can be done by going to “settings” and the “active protection” option. There are 4 options for you to choose from- to stop for 10 minutes or 1 hour, until computer restarts or permanently. 2) Now select “ Core shields” to view all the active shields.ģ) From core shields, select individual shields that you want to disable like:Ĥ) Use the switchers just below the corresponding icons of the shields to turn them off.

Avast behavior shield is now off