How to Use Both Avira & Avast
Avira Antivirus and avast! Antivirus are applications that use real-time protection shields to scan your computer for malware. Scanning a computer with these two antivirus applications at the same time will cause system instability and performance issues. However, you can have both Avira Antivirus and avast! Antivirus installed on the same computer. Before using one of these applications to scan your computer, you must disable all real-time protection shields on the other.
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Instructions
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Download and install avast! Antivirus. After installing, restart your computer.
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Right-click the avast! Antivirus icon on the system tray. Next, point to “avast! Shields Control” and select the “Disable Permanently” option. Click “Yes” on the confirmation dialog box.
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Download and install Avira Antivirus. Restart your computer after the installation. You can safely use Avira Antivirus to scan your computer while avast! Antivirus is disabled. If you want to use avast! Antivirus to scan your computer, first disable Avira Antivirus from the system tray and then enable avast! Antivirus.
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Tips & Warnings
Disable Avira Antivirus by right-clicking the “Avira Antivirus” icon on the system tray and selecting “Realtime Protection Disable.” Enable it by right-clicking the “Avira Antivirus” icon on the system tray and selecting “Realtime Protection Enable.”
Enable avast! Antivirus by right-clicking the “avast! Antivirus” icon on the desktop, pointing to “avast! Shields Control” and selecting “Enable All Shields.”
Do not have Avira Free Antivirus and avast! Antivirus enabled at the same time.
