Disable Avast startup

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:44:27 +0100, Iapetus wrote:

> Using Avira as my main scanner and Avast as my backup on-demand scanner,
> I want to disable Avast Pro from loading anything at startup.
>

I'd uninstall Avast.

On-demand AV applications.
(add them to your arsenal and use them as a "second opinion" av scanner).
David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV Tool
http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
English:
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/01/09/scan-your-computer-with...ltiple-
Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
--and/or--
BitDefender10 Free Edition (*NOT FOR VISTA*)
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html
Kaspersky's AVPTool
http://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/AVPTool/
There's no updating involved since the scanning engine is updated
several times a day and you simply download the updated scanner whenever
you want to do a scan.
--and/or--
Dr.Web CureIt!® Utility - FREE
http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/
--and/or--
Malwarebytes© Corporation - Anti-Malware
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe
Note: It is Free for private use. Just download (do NOT buy) and install.

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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:44:27 +0100, Iapetus wrote:

>Using Avira as my main scanner and Avast as my backup on-demand scanner,
>I want to disable Avast Pro from loading anything at startup.
>
>Even when I'm logged on as Admin I cannot disable the services
>ashServ.exe and aswUpdSv.exe from starting, with either msconfig or a
>third party service manager.
>
>Any ideas how I can disable those two from loading at startup?

If you are familiar with editing the Registry, Use RegEdit.exe and
find the following keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

One of them may contain the full path and name of the 2 files you're
trying to prevent from loading.

When you find it, export that key to a .txt file as a backup. Then
delete the entry for that file. Do the same for the other file.


An alternate surefire way to stop those 2 files from loading is to
rename them.


DC

Kayman wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:44:27 +0100, Iapetus wrote:
>
>> Using Avira as my main scanner and Avast as my backup on-demand scanner,
>> I want to disable Avast Pro from loading anything at startup.
>>
>
> I'd uninstall Avast.
>

I don't want to.

Tommy McClure wrote:
> try to disable them in services.
> go to control panel / administrative tools / services
>
>

No different, can stop the service but not set it to manual or disable.

ASCII wrote:
> Iapetus wrote:
>> Using Avira as my main scanner and Avast as my backup on-demand scanner,
>> I want to disable Avast Pro from loading anything at startup.
>>
>> Even when I'm logged on as Admin I cannot disable the services
>> ashServ.exe and aswUpdSv.exe from starting, with either msconfig or a
>> third party service manager.
>>
>> Any ideas how I can disable those two from loading at startup?
>
> HJT will list run services
> and show you which of these troublesome keys to delete,
> IIRC it will even do it for you.


Found out how to. In the troubleshooting part of the setting there is an
option to disable Avast self-defense module.