Expand the Password section, tick the box Protect Avast with a password, and enter a password. If you are setting up Avast on someone else’s computer or if your own computer is used by other people, you might want to password protect Avast so they cannot change the settings. Do they get in the way? Click in the boxes and reduce the time. Information and warning messages pop up on the screen and stay there for 20 seconds by default. Return to the main settings screen and expand the Popups section. In the Main Settings section tick the box Warn when downloading files with a poor reputation.
It does not do any harm to leave it running, but it will never be used.Ĭlick the Customise link next to Web Shield. If you do not use an email program then it is safe to turn this off. Mail Shield does not work if you only ever access email in a browser, such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and others. This includes the Mail app that is provided with Windows 8 and 10. This only works for email that is downloaded to the computer using an email program running on the PC. Select Active Protection on the left in settings. The moderate setting is adequate for most people, but you might want to set aggressive on a child’s PC where they might be tempted to click all sorts of files emailed and downloaded from the internet. It doesn’t say which these are, so just try it and see. If it is set to aggressive then only whitelisted files can be opened. With the moderate setting Avast examines files you try to open and they are blocked if they have a poor reputation.
Both of these increase the security and are recommended for inexperienced users. This is turned off by default, but clicking the tick provides two options – Moderate and Aggressive. Select General on the left and among the settings is Enable Hardened Mode.
Click the gear icon in the top right corner to open Avast settings. The result will be security that suits you better.Ĭlick the up arrow at the right side of the taskbar to display the tray of icons in the notification area and click Avast to open the program window. Let’s take a look at the settings in Avast Free Antivirus (they apply to Internet Security and Premier too), and see the ways in which they can be improved. You might want to increase the security or the performance depending on how you use your PC and your level of knowledge. You should not accept your security software’s default settings without question because they may not be the best that is possible. The default settings may be OK for most people, but are they the best? Here are some useful tweaks to Avast Antivirus. Most people install security software on their Windows PC and then forget about it.
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