Ad-Aware Ad-Watch

1. Right click on the Ad-Watch icon in the system tray and select “Restore Ad-Watch”.
2. At the bottom of the screen there will be two checkable items called “Active” and “Automatic”.

Active: Switches Monitoring On or Off without closing
Automatic: Switches Automatic Blocking On or Off
3. Uncheck (red X) both items.

CounterSpy

1. Right-click the running icon of CounterSpy in the sytem tray.
2. With your mouse, hover over Active Protection Status (This should be enabled).
3. A menu will slide out and then you need to right click on “Disable Active Protection”.

Ewido Security Suite (EwidoGuard)

* Launch Ewido and in the main window click “Realtime protection” (in green indicating “Active”) to change to inactive.

MS AntiSpyware (MSAS) Beta

1. Right-click on the Microsoft Anti-Spyware icon in the system tray [it's the one with the red and yellow bulls-eye].
2. Click on “Security Agents Status”.
3. Click on “Disable real-time protection”.

* Next right-click on the Microsoft Anti-Spyware icon in the system tray again to open Microsoft Anti-Spyware.
o a. Click on the Options menu and choose Settings.
b. In the left pane column click on “Real Time Protection”.
c. Under Startup Options, uncheck “Enable (MSAS) Security Agents on startup (recommended)”
d. Under Real-time spyware threat protection, uncheck and “Enable real-time spyware threat protection” (recommended).
e. Click the Save button and close Microsoft AntiSpyware.

Finally, right-click on the MSAS icon in the system tray and select “Shutdown Microsoft Antispyware”.

Prevx

1. Right click on the Prevx icon in the system tray at the bottom-right corner of your screen and choose Show Management Console.
2. On the Management Console click the Protection Level drop-down menu.

You will see three levels:
* Maximum
Off
User Defined
3. To disable all protection set the level to Off. You will receive a prompt asking “You are about to change your security settings. Do you wish to continue?” Click Yes.
4. Click the X on the upper right hand corner to exit the Management console.

After the cleaning is completed, repeat the steps above, setting the level to Maximum in order to reenable protection.

Spybot S&D (Teatimer)

1. Run Spybot-S&D in Advanced Mode.
2. If it is not already set to do this Go to the Mode menu select “Advanced Mode”
3. On the left hand side, Click on Tools
4. Then click on the Resident Icon in the List
5. Uncheck “Resident TeaTimer” and OK any prompts.
6. Restart your computer.

SpySweeper

1. Open Spysweeper and click on Options > Program Options and uncheck “load at windows startup”.
2. On the left click “shields” and then uncheck everything there.
3. Uncheck “home page shield”.
4. Uncheck “automatically restore default without notification”.
5. Exit the program.

Spyware Doctor, OnGuard Tools

1. From within Spyware Doctor, click the “OnGuard” button on the left side.
2. Uncheck “Activate OnGuard”.

SpywareGuard

1. Right click the running icon of Spywareguard in the system tray to open the program.
2. Go to Menu > File > Choose Exit.

Note: SpywareGuard will automatically restart at next boot.

WinPatrol

* Right-click the WinPatrol icon in the system tray. Choose exit.

Note: WinPatrol will automatically restart at next boot.

AVG 7
Please open the AVG7 Control Center.

* Double-click on the “AVG Resident Shield” component (looks like this: ).
* Deselect the “Turn on AVG Resident Shield” checkmark and save the setting.
* When you need to enable the AVG Resident Shield, reopen the AVG Control Center.
* Double-click on the “AVG Resident Shield” component, select the “Turn on AVG Resident Shield” checkmark and save the setting.

AVG 8
Please open the AVG 8 Control Center, by right clicking on the AVG 8 icon on task bar.

* Click on Tools.
* Select Advanced.
* In the left hand pane, scroll down to “Resident Shield”.
* In the main pane, deselect the option to “Enable Resident Shield.”
* To re-enable AVG 8, please select “Enable Resident Shield” again.

AVG 8.5
Please open the AVG 8.5 Control Center, by right clicking on the AVG icon on task bar.

* Click on Open AVG Interface.
* Double click on Resident Shield
* Deselect the option to “Enable Resident Shield.”
* Save changes, and exit the application.
* To re-enable AVG 8.5, please select “Enable Resident Shield” again.

AVIRA ANTIVIR
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for an open white umbrella on red background (looks to this: )

* right click it-> untick the option AntiVir Guard enable.
* You should now see a closed, white umbrella on a red background (looks to this: )

BIT DEFENDER

* Double click on the system icon for Bit Defender.
* When the Bit Defender window appears, move mouse arrow to the left side and click >> Virus Shield.
* Move mouse arrow to the black check by Virus Shield is enabled and click.
* The black works will change to red, >> Virus Shield is disabled.
* Move mouse arrow to the top right corner and click the down arrows.
* Bit Defender is now inactive.
* To enable Bit Defender, do the same steps except click to enable.

ESET NOD32 ANTIVIRUS V4

* Double click on the system tray icon: on the bottom right hand corner.
* Select Disable real-time file system protection.
* A popup will ask “Are you sure you want to disable…protection?”
* Click “Yes” to disable the Antivirus guard.

ESET SMART SECURITY

* Double click on the system tray icon: to open the main application window.
* Or via Start >> All Programs >> ESET >> ESET Smart Security.
* Click on Setup >> Antivirus and antispyware >> Temporarily disable Antivirus and antispyware protection.
* When prompted to confirm temporarily disable select Yes.
* Note: Protection will be automatically started after a system reboot.

F-SECURE ANTIVIRUS
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for a blue  sign.

* right click it-> select Unload.
* The F-Secure sign should now be surrounded by a red striked through circle (looking like this:  )

KASPERSKY ANTIVIRUS
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for a sign.

* right click it-> select Pause Protection.
* click on -> By User Request
* a popup will claim that protection is now disabled and a sign like this:  will now be shown.

MCAFEE ANTIVIRUS
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for a  sign.

* Right-click it -> chose “Exit.”
* A popup will warn that protection will now be disabled. Click on “Yes” to disable the Antivirus guard.

MCAFEE SECURITY CENTER 7.1
Please navigate to the system tray and double-click the taskbar icon to open Security Center.

* Click Advanced Menu (bottom mid-left).
* Click Configure (left).
* Click Computer & Files (top left).
* VirusScan can be disabled in the right-hand module and set when it should resume or you can do that manually later on.
* Do the same via Internet & Network for Firewall Plus.

NORTON ANTIVIRUS (by Symantec)
Please navigate to the system tray on the bottom right hand corner and look for a sign.

* right-click it -> chose “Disable Auto-Protect.”
* select a duration of 5 hours (this assures no interference with the cleanup of your pc)
* click “Ok.”
* a popup will warn that protection will now be disabled and the sign will now look like this:

NORTON 360

* Right-click the Norton 360 icon in the system tray and select Open Tasks and
Settings Window.
* On the right side, under Settings, click on Change advanced settings.
* Next, click on the Virus & Spyware Protection Settings.
* Uncheck Turn on Auto-Protect and select Apply.
* You will be asked to select a time for Norton to reactivate.
* Choose Until I turn it back on.
* You can re-enable after the malware has been removed from your machine.

NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2008
Please refer to these instructions.

NORTON ANTIVIRUS CORPORATE EDITION
Please refer to the instructions provided in the Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition User’s Guide under the section Turning File System System Protection off temporarily.

PC TOOLS THREATFIRE

* Right-click on ThreatFire’s icon near the clock (it’s an orange flame) and select Suspend.
* When you see that the icon has turned from an orange flame to a blue icon with an orange strip in the middle, ThreatFire has been temporarily disabled.