Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-176.241.30.15-20121214081440/@comment-71.233.134.7-20131021171148

76.2.53.82 wrote: Hey all. To those having an issue with Avast, in your system tray, there should be an "Up" toggle arrow. Click that and navigate your mouse to the Avast icon and RIGHT click that. There is an option to turn Avast off temporarily for "Gaming". This will still leave your computer somewhat protected whilst you play. That option is called GAMING MODE. It will more than likely toggle your UAC if you have that still on, which I do not recommend while playing any online game. Aside from that, running the game in Admin mode, if you have that permission, and with anti-virus either off or in a standby state, will enable you to install/play any online game out as of this writing. Hope this helps.

Archaic.

Right where you found the Gaming mode selection, immediatly above that there is the option for sheilds control. Disabling that permenantly (or until you right click there again to enable it) is what solved the problem for me.

You can go back at any time to re-eneable all sheilds.

As far as I'm aware gaming mode is more for not allowing auditory alerts for updates and the like, during game play.

-Garb