Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Completly Disabling an Anti Virus Program Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Dannay Posted at 1:08 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 So like i know your not meant to have two anti virus programs cos they clash thing.. but is there a way to like say i have Avast installed as well.. but so its completly disabled so i can just use it as a scanner thing if that makes sense.. does anyone know how? and ill prob like to know if you can do that to AVG as well. thanks.

Replies espresso8097 Posted at 1:34 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 You can install, will just have to disable it from starting at startup. This is best done not connected to the internet because it involves disabling one of your AV programs temporarily.   1.  Download Second program 2.  Close out of the program you currently have running 3.  Install Avast (or whatever new one is) 4.  Stop Avast from booting up with Windows -Hold WinLogo button on keyboard and tap r -type in "msconfig" without the quotes -go over to the startup tab and disable from starting 5.  Reboot and your old program should come up, and Avast (or whatever) will be installed but not running in the background.