How To Disable Avast Security On Mac For A Short Time
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The Avast Antivirus provides services like computer security, browser security, antivirus software, firewall, anti-phishing, anti-spyware and so on. So many of you might be like me who are using this great application to protect your device from cyber attacks and safety from the destroyer. Although we have used Avast Free Antivirus 2018 screenshots in this article, these steps are also applicable for all Avast Antivirus solutions (i.e. Also for Avast Pro Antivirus, Avast Internet Security, or Avast Premier) running the latest version available.
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- The use of 2 or more anti-virus programs at the same time can cause major conflicts. The 2 scanning engines can fight each other to scan every file that you read, write or execute which can cause.
DeepScreen is an advanced technology for running “unknown” applications inside the safe environment. It helps to determine whether the file is malicious or not. It has been introduced in Avast 2014 and it continues to exists in Avast 2015 and 2016. Sometimes it’s also being misspelled as DeepScan or Deep Scan.
It is available in all Avast antivirus solutions, including the free version (Free Antivirus, Pro Antivirus, Internet Security and Premier). In all versions it is turned on by default.
How Avast DeepScreen Works
When you open a program which is not used by many others Avast users, DeepScreen will automatically scan this application to make sure it’s clean. DeepScreen basically executes the file in the virtual environment and monitors its behavior. So it’s definitely an extremely useful security feature.
Avast DeepScreen Runs the Application in the Safe Virtual Environment Before Starting it on Your System
All this happens when the following pop-up notification ‘A program is being analyzed. The analysis takes about 15 seconds‘ appears:
Avast DeepScreen Pop-up ‘A program is being analyzed’ During the File Scan
How To Disable Avast Security On Mac For A Short Time
When file passes the scan as a clean one, it is automatically added to exclusion list so next time Avast won’t run a DeepScreen on it. However DeepScreen may be sometimes a bit annoying because the scan usually takes a really long time, even though the pop-up says it will take only about 15 seconds. Or you know the application is totally safe, so there is no need to scan it.
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Avast DeepScreen Pop-up ‘No problems found’ Confirming the Program is Safe to Run
So here are two ways how to disable Avast DeepScreen feature in the 2016 version. First way is to disable the feature completely, second way is skipping DeepScreen for selected files using Avast Exclusions. We definitely recommend keep the DeepScreen turned on and use the exceptions if needed.
1. Disable Avast DeepScreen Completelly Forever
To completely turn off DeepScreen in your Avast antivirus 2016 follow these steps:
- Open Avast user interface and go to settings (cog wheel icon in the top-right corner)
- In the ‘General‘ tab (first item) uncheck ‘Enable DeepScreen‘
- Confirm by clicking the ‘OK‘ button
Disabling the Avast DeepScreen Completely in the Avast 2016
Now Avast DeepScreen is turned off and disabled. To enable it back, just follow the same procedure. Change takes effect immediately, there is no need to restart your computer.
2. Add Program to Avast DeepScreen Exclusion List
Much smarter way then disabling DeepScreen completely is using the exclusion list. When you add the application to the DeepScreen exceptions, it will always pass the scan and open the file without any warning or delay. Unfortunately it is not possible to exclude whole folders from DeepScreen.
Follow these steps to add any file to DeepScreen exclusions in Avast 2016:
- Open Avast user interface and go to settings (cog wheel icon in the top-right corner)
- In the ‘General‘ tab (first item) scroll down to ‘Exclusions‘
- Switch to ‘DeepScreen’ tab and add the application by browsing to its file path. If you are not sure what exactly you should exclude, check the file path on the DeepScreen pop-up
- Confirm by clicking the ‘OK‘ button
Adding the Files to Avast DeepScreen Exclusions in Avast 2016
Now Avast DeepScreen is disabled for the applications you have added to the exception list. To learn check out our full guide about managing exclusions in Avast.
Additional Notes
How To Uninstall Avast Security On A Mac
Although we have used Avast Free Antivirus 2019 screenshots in this article, these steps are also applicable for all Avast Antivirus solutions (i.e. also for Avast Pro Antivirus, Avast Internet Security, or Avast Premier) running the latest version available.
Steps are relevant for all Windows versions – Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (including Anniversary Update).
Managing exceptions or turning off Avast protection may leave your computer at risk.
Avast DeepScreen technology has been terminated and replaced by the Avast CyberCapture from the Nitro Update release.