How Do I Turn Off Web Shield In Avast For Mac

Your parents want the best for you (most parents do). But, they can get quite overprotective at times. In such cases, the child has no other way but to break a few rules. The child may be your computer and the parent may be Avast protecting it at all costs. When it is blocking important tasks you need to know how to disable Avast.

Right-click on the taskbar icon (top bar icon in case of Mac) of Avast Antivirus. From the menu that pops up, place cursor on “Avast shield Control”. A sub-menu will display list of options based on time period for which you want to disable Avast protection (all. This time around, Avast comes with its own unique app called Avast Behavior Shield, which is available on PCs and Macs. While the PC version is free, the Mac version is $24.99. You can also purchase the Behavior Shield app if you are interested in the feature and will be interested in protecting your Macs.

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Youmay be doing something as useful as updating your firewall and Avastmay be blocking it. The usual and natural reaction to it would beyour will to turn off Avast. You have to know how to disable Avast onWindows 10 and also a separate how to disable Avast on Mac. Luckily,it is not as difficult as it sounds.

Howto disable Avast: Why Disable Avast?

Asthe computer’s protector Avast will block several importantactivities especially tasks like downloading something from athird-party provider. In such cases, to carry out the task despitethe risk, you need to disable Avast.

Howto Disable Avast on Windows 10

The process of disabling Avast on Windows is similar to its process on Windows 10. Let us first get to know how to temporarily disable Avast.

1. Right, Click.
You will find the Avast icon on the Windows taskbar and what you have to do is right-click on it. When you do you will get a few options. One of them will be Avast Shields Control.

2. Choose what you need.
When you click Avast Shields Control you will get a few more options which mainly ask you how long do you want the software to be inactive. You get to choose among ten minutes, one hour, restart or permanent.

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3. Check if it’s done.
You may not believe that Avast has been disabled so easily. So, open the application and you will find a red signal saying “All Shields are off” with a green “Resolve” button underneath which will turn shields on if you click it.

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How Do I Turn Off Web Shield In Avast For Mac

Howto temporarily Disable Avast Antivirus: Just the Required Shields

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Youmay not want all shields off because simple: it’s risky. So, how doyou keep some shields on and some of? Here’s how.

  1. Open the Avast Antivirus: You do not get a lot of options when you right-click. So, you have to open the software.
  2. Select Protection: This is an obvious choice and this gives you the other choices.
  3. Turn off the required shields: You will find slide buttons to turn shield off under each of the four shields: File, behavior, web, and mail. Turn off the ones you need to.

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Howto Disable Avast: Another way

Ifyou are not up for the whole protection process, you can directly goto settings and choose ‘Components’. It will provide you with thesame four shields to turn off. Once you are done, you can enable themthe same way.

Howto disable Avast on Mac

How To Disable Web Shield In Avast

Macapparently, directly gives you the option to select the shieldsseparately. What you have to do is:

  1. Search the Avast Antivirus app and open it.
  2. Click ‘Preferences’.
  3. Check the shield options and disable each separately.

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How

So, this is the answer to the common question ‘how to disable Avast’. Now, you know how to do it on all devices it is made for. You can peacefully download that movie (wink) from that third party source without bothering Avast or letting it know.

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