Why does SmartClose fail to close my antivirus and/or firewall software, or why does it cause errors in these programs?
In most cases, SmartClose will fail to close antivirus and firewall software because these programs are especially protected against this (so that malicious programs are unable to turn them off either). I would recommend against disabling security software (such as virus scanners or firewalls) anyway, because it will make your pc vulnerable to viruses and hackers. In other words, if SmartClose would be able to disable your antivirus or firewall software unattended without any problems, so would any virus or malicious program, making the protection of the antivirus/firewall completely useless. If you really want to close or disable security programs, you should do this manually before or after using SmartClose to close all programs. To prevent problems or errors while SmartClose is closing all programs, you should add the processes, that belong to the antivirus and firewall software you have running, to the list of Protected Programs. The following table lists the most commonly used sec
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