Conflicts with third party antivirus products
The antivirus feature in FortiClient is known to conflict with other similar products in the market.
- FortiClient's antivirus feature should not be used with other AV products.
- If not using FortiClient's antivirus feature, the FortiClient installation folder should be excluded from scanning for the third party AV product.
During a new installation of FortiClient, the installer will search for other registered third party software and, if any is found, warn users to uninstall them before proceeding with the installation. There is also an option to disable FortiClient Real Time Protection (RTP).
