Real-time protection protects your system, apps, downloads, and email around the clock. It scans all the areas continuously to detect malicious programs, viruses, and suspicious activities. As soon as it comes into contact with any such entity it sends you alerts about it, quarantines the files in a protected area, and removes the viruses from it. In the end, you get reports about the infections. You can easily activate this feature on your system by following some simple steps. Here is how you do it:
1. Open 360 Antivirus Pro on your computer.
2. On the very first page, the feature is located on the right side of the dashboard. Just click the toggle button on and you are all set.
If for any reason you want to turn off the active protection just click on the same button and it will get disabled automatically. However, it is essential to remember that active protection is essential to safeguard your computer from constant attacks of malware and viruses. It scans your downloads, emails, and external devices that you connect to the computer all the time. In case of any infection or malicious program, it takes appropriate actions to deal with them at the very moment.
Are You Facing Any Issues In Enabling Active Protection?
Sometimes you may come across the issue of not being able to turn on active protection on your computer. Don’t worry! It can happen to anyone who is not aware of the reasons behind this issue. This support note will tell you the possible reasons behind this issue and how to correct it. So let’s get started!
Remove Other Antivirus Software
If there is any other antivirus software running parallel to the 360 Antivirus Software then there could be potential conflicts and performance issues between the two. Both the software will try to govern system apps, scan all the files, and mark their territory. As a result, the operating system will become overburdened. Moreover, both programs will use different methods to detect and analyze the threats that will create too many false positives. It will disallow the two antivirus software running at the same time. Hence, make sure to remove other antivirus software from your computer.
Uninstall the 360 Antivirus Pro Temporarily
If you have done step one and you are still not able to enable active protection then you should uninstall 360 Antivirus Pro temporarily. After completing this task restart the computer to help it fully get rid of the program and recover all the files and functions. Now install the program once again, set it on your system, and try to configure the real-time protection.
Disable Windows Defender
All the latest Windows Defender comes with an in-built Windows Defender. It may run parallel to the other security software on your PC. This action will create a conflict between the two programs. Due to this, your 360 Antivirus Pro won’t be able to run its operations successfully. To avoid this condition you should disable the Windows Defender on your PC. It will sort out this issue appropriately.
You Can Disable Windows Defender by Following These Steps:
- Go to the Windows icon. Click on it.
- Click on the setting cog button.
- Click open update & security option.
- Click open the Windows security from the list.
- Now click virus and threat protection from the right side list.
- Find the Microsoft Defender and toggle off this.
