It often happens that a user (for example, Windows 7 OS) needs to turn off anti-virus software at all costs. There can be quite a few reasons for this. But not everyone knows how to disable the antivirus on Windows 7, not to mention how to remove it. Let's try to consider the most common situations.
Why might I need to disable my antivirus software?
Before proceeding to the very question of how to disable the antivirus on Windows 7, let's dwell on some situations when it may really be needed, although general recommendations suggest that it is highly discouraged to stop such software packages.
The most banal reason for disabling can be called the moment that the vast majority of users in the post-Soviet space in most cases use piratedprograms, and as you know, they often contain special crack executable files like crack.exe, various key and license generators like KeyGen.exe or patch files (Patch.exe), which are recognized by antiviruses as potentially dangerous or unwanted software. But after all, very often such threat files do not contain, therefore, for their execution, deactivation of the antivirus is required. By the way, the same applies to downloads from the Internet from resources that are file-sharing networks (Letitbit, Turbobit, Rapidshare, DepositeFiles, etc.)
An equally common reason is too high a load on system resources in a weak system configuration. After all, if you look carefully, it is easy to see that the same "Kaspersky Anti-Virus" loads the system so much that it becomes simply impossible to work.
Quite often there can be conflicts between anti-virus packages and the built-in protection tools of Windows 7 (firewall, also known as a firewall). Here you will have to change the anti-virus software or, if such a replacement is not provided, use a complete shutdown.
Temporarily disable any antivirus
First of all, let's pay attention to how to disable the antivirus on Windows 7 (Kaspersky or NOD32, for example, although this applies equally to any antivirus software).
As a rule, by clicking the right mouse button on the antivirus icon, which is located in the system tray, a special menu with a list of commands is called. In himyou can find a line to temporarily disable protection, after using which the package will return the estimated time period during which the program will be suspended (for example, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, or deactivation until the next reboot).
How to disable Avast antivirus on Windows 7? Yes, exactly as described. Again, any antivirus program has such a function. Another thing is when a long-term deactivation is required, and possibly a complete shutdown of protection (in Avast, by the way, this can be done using its own means).
Completely disable antiviruses
Now let's see how to disable the antivirus on Windows 7 for complete deactivation. For any program of this type, there is a universal method. For such a procedure, you should use the administration section, which is located on the standard "Control Panel", where configuration settings are selected, after which you first go to the services menu, and then to the startup section. Here you just need to uncheck all the checkboxes opposite any service with the name or abbreviation of the installed anti-virus package.
After that, you just need to confirm the changes made by simply pressing the "OK" button. In turn, the system will prompt you to reboot. After that, the antivirus will be in a disabled state.
However, you can also enter the security system, which uses the settings for checking the computer status. Similarly, from the list of running programs, you need to select the installed one and disable it.
How to disable the standard antivirus on Windows 7?
In general, if anyone does not know, there is no own antivirus in any system of the Windows family. It's just that sometimes they call built-in protection tools (firewall or firewall, which, in fact, the same thing).
To disable this service, you can use the same administration, but it is better to go directly to the firewall settings section from the "Control Panel". There it can be completely deactivated. The system, however, will immediately issue a warning that it is not recommended to do this, but you can ignore this.
If you need to resolve the conflict between the antivirus and the firewall, and not solve the problem of how to disable the antivirus on Windows 7, you should use a special list of exceptions, where the corresponding security program is added. If it is not in the list of applications, you need to find it manually.
Recommendations for removing antiviruses
Unfortunately, disabling security software, for example, when you need to install another anti-virus package, is not enough, and many applications of this type cannot be removed using standard methods. For complete removal, you will have to use special utilities (most often this applies to Kaspersky and Eset NOD products), however, for most free programs, this can be done manually, but only by booting the system in safe mode (F8 when Windows starts).
BOtherwise, based on the above solutions, there should not be any problems with solving the question of how to disable the antivirus on Windows 7, and a user of any, even an initial, level of training will cope with this.
