avast! Self-protection
Some viruses may attempt to switch off a computer's antivirus software. To help keep your protection working, even against the latest threats that may try to disable your security protection, avast! has best-in-class strong self-protection built in, to make sure, no matter what you face, avast! carries on protecting your valuable data and programs. The option to disable avast! self defense module is available under under -> avast! Program settings -> Troubleshooting.
avast! self defense moduleThis prevents avast! services and files from being stopped, modified, or deleted by the user or another application and also prevents registry modifications etc...
