how to turn off all Avast processes ?

[Jester6]

I'm running the latest Avast version 4.5.549 with XP Home (SP2). Note that I
don't use Avast's Instant Messaging, P2P, or Outlook/Exchange providers,
only the Internet Mail, Network Shield, and Standard Shield.

I'd like to be able to kill all Avast processes quickly (for game playing
and other purposes), then be able to turn them back on. Is there any easy
way? Presumably I could turn them off one at a time from from Windows Task
Manager, but that's not neat/quick and I'm unsure about the consequences.
And of course the ashSimpl.exe process is only running if the Simple User
Interface is opened. Otherwise...

Stopping On-Access Protection via the systray icon (rightclick popup menu)
doesn't do the trick. It kills the Internet Mail provider process
(ashMaiSv.exe), but the following three processes continue to run
nevertheless:
ashDisp.exe
ashServ.exe
AswUpdSv.exe

Maybe someone has written a little utility to do this trick for Avast. If
so, reference appreciated.
(I found such a utility for AVG, but I can't use AVG because of their
chronic update problems.)

 

[badgolferman]

I'm running the latest Avast version 4.5.549 with XP Home (SP2). Note
that I don't use Avast's Instant Messaging, P2P, or Outlook/Exchange
providers, only the Internet Mail, Network Shield, and Standard
Shield.

I'd like to be able to kill all Avast processes quickly (for game
playing and other purposes), then be able to turn them back on. Is
there any easy way? Presumably I could turn them off one at a time
from from Windows Task Manager, but that's not neat/quick and I'm
unsure about the consequences. And of course the ashSimpl.exe process
is only running if the Simple User Interface is opened. Otherwise...

Stopping On-Access Protection via the systray icon (rightclick popup
menu) doesn't do the trick. It kills the Internet Mail provider
process (ashMaiSv.exe), but the following three processes continue to
run nevertheless:
ashDisp.exe
ashServ.exe
AswUpdSv.exe

Maybe someone has written a little utility to do this trick for
Avast. If so, reference appreciated.
(I found such a utility for AVG, but I can't use AVG because of their
chronic update problems.)

Perhaps you may be able to turn the processes off from the Services
console. Right-click My Computer>>Manage>>(you can find it from there)

 

[Jester6]

Perhaps you may be able to turn the processes off from the Services
console. Right-click My Computer>>Manage>>(you can find it from there)

Thanks, but that's still stepwise, and a chore. There are several services
to be stopped. It's about the same amount of work as if I killed each of the
processes from Windows Task Manager.

What I'd like to have is a single mouse click to kill all of the AVAST
processes, then restart all of them - quickly & easily. (I found such a
utility for AVG7free, so it should be possible.)

 

[Greg R]

Actual yes you can make a bat file to do that.
Put the batch file in c:\windows\system32

To get a list of the running services enter the command
Net Start

To stop a service

Net Stop nameofservice.

To Start a service

Net Start nameofservice

However, For Avast. You should reboot and it will start the services
correctly.

Greg R

 

[Jester6]

Actual yes you can make a bat file to do that.
Put the batch file in c:\windows\system32

To get a list of the running services enter the command
Net Start

To stop a service

Net Stop nameofservice.

To Start a service

Net Start nameofservice

However, For Avast. You should reboot and it will start the services
correctly.

Greg R

Do I need some lines in there involving echo cls pause exit?

 

[Greg R]

Sorry if duplicate post
I am not very good at batch files.

I don’t think avast requires a confirmation, if it does just add /y

Sample

net stop themes /y

It should exit automatically


Greg R

 

[Jester6]

Sorry if duplicate post
I am not very good at batch files.

I don’t think avast requires a confirmation, if it does just add /y

Sample

net stop themes /y

It should exit automatically


Greg R

I played around with it, and couldn't get anything working. In the process
(no pun intended), I ran across the utility I was looking for: "avast!
External Control (AEC) tool", although it still needs to be updated for the
last Avast! version. It's available at http://www.excessive-software.tk/

 

[Max M.Wachtel III]

I'm running the latest Avast version 4.5.549 with XP Home (SP2). Note that I
don't use Avast's Instant Messaging, P2P, or Outlook/Exchange providers,
only the Internet Mail, Network Shield, and Standard Shield.

I'd like to be able to kill all Avast processes quickly (for game playing
and other purposes), then be able to turn them back on. Is there any easy
way? Presumably I could turn them off one at a time from from Windows Task
Manager, but that's not neat/quick and I'm unsure about the consequences.
And of course the ashSimpl.exe process is only running if the Simple User
Interface is opened. Otherwise...

Stopping On-Access Protection via the systray icon (rightclick popup menu)
doesn't do the trick. It kills the Internet Mail provider process
(ashMaiSv.exe), but the following three processes continue to run
nevertheless:
ashDisp.exe
ashServ.exe
AswUpdSv.exe

Maybe someone has written a little utility to do this trick for Avast. If
so, reference appreciated.
(I found such a utility for AVG, but I can't use AVG because of their
chronic update problems.)

Here is link to external control
http://snipurl/7ii8
-max

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[Max M.Wachtel III]

Here is link to external control
http://snipurl/7ii8
-max

That didn't work-try
http://freeweb.siol.net/razor256/downloads/
-max

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[Max M.Wachtel III]

That didn't work-try
http://freeweb.siol.net/razor256/downloads/
-max

That link didn't work either
Go to avast forums,a poster called technical has a link in his sig
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=57;start=15
-max

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