Norton Antivirus is designed to keep your computer safe, but it can often interfere with the installation of any program or application. To continue installing the software you need, you just need to pause the protection. Let's figure out how to disable Norton antivirus. It can also help if it was installed by accident.
Why disable antivirus?
You may need to disable Norton Antivirus for various reasons:
- Antivirus does not allow you to delete unnecessary system files or make any changes to the registry.
- Norton does not allow you to install any necessary program, game or add-on for your browser.
- This anti-virus software has accidentally entered the operating system and needs to be removed.
- Norton does not allow you to run System Restore.
These are just some of the reasons why a userwants to uninstall or disable Norton antivirus. As a rule, if you decide to remove the software from Symantek, then you first need to complete its process, and then only uninstall it through the control panel. You can end the current process through the task manager.
Two ways to disable Norton antivirus
To temporarily suspend protection or disable it completely, you do not need particularly complex manipulations. There are several methods to disable the antivirus:
- via task manager;
- through Norton itself.
You can turn off protection either completely or partially turn off some elements of anti-virus software.
In order to disable Norton antivirus, on Windows 10, as on any other version of the operating system, you can simply launch the task manager and end the program process. Or you can pause the antivirus directly in its settings.
How to disable Norton antivirus?
You can temporarily disable the program by simply right-clicking on its icon in the taskbar and selecting "Turn off automatic protection" from the drop-down menu. Norton will prompt you to choose how long it should be turned off. After that, the work of the anti-virus application will be resumed if you have not deleted it.
If you want to disable only some elements of the antivirus, then you will need toget into the software settings. To do this, you will have to follow these steps:
- Opening the main window of Norton Antivirus.
- Go to the item with settings.
- Go to the section with real-time protection settings.
- Disable all antivirus elements or only those that are necessary.
- To save the selected parameters, click on "Apply".
- Choose how long we want to suspend the work of Norton and its elements.
- Confirm the choice and close the antivirus window.
Remember that while anti-virus software is completely or partially disabled, you should be careful when downloading files from the Internet or installing hacked programs of unknown origin. If you are sure that you are installing “clean” software on your computer, then add the game or program to the antivirus exceptions so that Norton does not perceive this as a danger.
