How to fix Avast forgot password

Avast is antivirus software that protects your system from malware, online threats, and other harmful activities that affect your system. Avast is one of the best antiviruses for Microsoft Windows and Macs. Users download and install Avast antivirus for protecting their systems from viruses.

But sometimes, many users faced issues like Avast forgot password. Users are not able to solve this issue due to a lack of knowledge. If you want to solve this issue then no need to worry, you can check our content to do this.

1)    Steps to recover Avast forgot password:

Avastforgot password is a commonly occurred issue faced by the users. Users can resolve this issue by following the simple steps.

To recover the Avast forgot password, follow the steps given below:

·         Open browser in your device.

·         Go to http://my.avast.com.

·         Then click on can’t access your account?

·         Now, enter your email address and click on the option send.

·         Then check your email account inbox and search for the email which has the subject Avast forgot password.

·         Then click on the reset password link.

·         Then the link takes you to the password reset page.

·         Enter a new password in the new password field and enter the new password again to confirm the password.

·         Now, you have to click on set password.

·         Then you get a notification that tells you that your password is successfully changed.

You need to remember that when you enter the wrong password during the time of login then you will be locked out of the areas you have selected for protection. The Avast password is stored in the filed named aswResp.dat and that file is encrypted. You need to delete this file to remove the password lock.

2)    Reset Avast password:

To reset the Avast password, follow the steps given below:

·         Firstly, you need to open the Avast user interface.

·         Select privacy and then select passwords.

·         Then enter your master password.

·         After this, click settings.

·         Click on the option reset Avast password and delete my data on the reset password settings screen.

·         After this, Click on the delete button and return to the passwords screen.

·         Then click on the option get started to start over.

When Avast fails to load in your device:

        If you are not able to load Avast then follow the steps given below:

·         Press Windows key + R to open run box in your system.

·         Type service.msg in the search bar of the Run box and click ok.

·         Then you need to go the remote desktop services in the service console and click on it.

·         Now, you have to click on properties.

·         Now click on the menu under the general tab.

·         After this, select the automatic option from the list of options.

·         Now, you need to click on apply to confirm the changes you have done.

·         Restart your system and open the Avast software again and check it is loaded properly or not.

This process is used when the Avast forgot password problem occurs.

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