Today, more and more companies are switching to e-services. You can pay your bills, make purchases, or do any other money-related activity right from home, from your computer. This is both very convenient and quite insecure. Because people are storing more and more of their important information on their computers, there are more online identity thieves out there who want to steal your personal information to make money off of it. One of the most popular ways to steal data is by hacking your computer with a virus. It can steal your card details from your browser history or, for example, lock your computer along with all of its contents. Antiviruses can help you to prevent such a situation. One of the most striking and working examples is Avast Anti-Virus. But even quality products sometimes have problems.
What is Avast Antivirus
Avast antivirus is one of the best free antiviruses at the moment. It is a program that protects your system from various viruses, malware, trojans, worms, etc. It is compatible with any operating system. But sometimes people may come across the fact that Avast just doesn’t install on your PC. What can you do in this situation?
How to install Avast Antivirus on Windows
First, you need to try to install the antivirus on your PC. There are two ways to do this: Regular Installation and Custom Installation. To install the antivirus, you will need to :
Regular Installation
Regular installation is good if you don’t know anything about antivirus and you just have to install it and run it without worrying about details. To run it you will need to :
- Log in to Windows as an administrator. Also, make sure that there is no other antivirus on your computer before installing it
- Go to the Avast website and download the Avast installer file. The file must be in .exe format
- Then open your installation file and run it as Administrator
- A dialog box will ask you if you want to continue with the installation, you will need to choose “yes” in order to continue.
- Click on Options to change the default language and then click on “Install” to start the installation
- You need to wait for a few minutes until the antivirus is installed on your computer
- Once the installation is complete you need to click on “Continue” then the privacy policy of Avast will popup for your review, go through it
- After you have read the policy, click on OK and scan your system for viruses for the first time.
- After this you will activate your antivirus and protect your system from all kinds of digital threats
Custom Installation
If you want to have full control over the installation and want to install the antivirus in custom mode, you should :
- Repeat the first four steps from the previous list
- Then select “Customize option” for custom installation
- Now you can click “Change” to choose your antivirus installation path. You can also choose here which components of the program you want and which you don’t
- Then you need to wait a few minutes for complete installation of the setup
- Then press “Continue“, then you will get the message “You’re protected“
- Read and accept the Privacy Policy in order to run the first scan of your system
What to do when Avast Antivirus not installing on Windows
Sometimes it becomes impossible to install antivirus on your computer for various reasons. In this case, there are several ways to solve this problem:
- Firstly, make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements to install avast antivirus
- Your system is up-to-date
- Make sure that the file you have downloaded is not damaged
- If you already have any other antivirus installed on your PC. You need to remove them and only then continue to install Avast
- Restart your system and then try to install Avast again.
- If none of the above helped you, you’d better contact Avast support. You can contact them at any time of the day.
