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Stevieb

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Bit of a newbie question
« on: November 26, 2005, 10:08:10 AM »
Hi guys,

when scanning my machine, rather than everytime Avast detects a virus the scan stopping and waiting for a response, is it possible to have Avast queue the alerts until the end of the scan?

I don't want to have to sit and wait at my pc on the off chance that I may need to react to a virus alert.

Anyt ideas?

Cheers

Steve

galooma

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Re: Bit of a newbie question
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2005, 10:14:42 AM »
Hi and welcome ,

search your help files for silent mode that will explain it better than i can.
good luck

Stevieb

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Re: Bit of a newbie question
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2005, 10:19:15 AM »
Excellent cheers!  ;D

Offline Lisandro

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Re: Bit of a newbie question
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2005, 11:53:36 AM »
No, only in Professional version (see picture here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=13315.msg112285#msg112285).

In Home version you can check the option "Don't show this window again" as soon as the first virus warning appears, and click on "No action" button. This way, nothing will be done and you will be presented the results at the end (and you can perform actions from there).

Well, that's the way it is, I am afraid; you may call it a limitation of the Home Edition of avast!. In the Professional Edition, you can configure the task to perform automatic actions (or, don't do anything).
In the Home version, you may check the "Don't show again" checkbox in the Virus warning dialog - but only after the first virus has been found (because you won't see the virus dialog until then).

Or you can use Silent Mode:

Left click the 'a' blue icon.
It will start On-access protection

Click on Internet Mail and then on Customize.
Go to Advanced tab and select Silent Mode and the default answer No. This will send the file (email) to Chest.

Do the same for the and Outlook/Exchange plugin.
The answer Yes in Silent Mode keeps the virus in the file or into the message (attach) and continue the scanning. You can't configure 'delete the infected file' in the Home version.

You can do the same for Standard Shield provider, but it won't be a good idea...

Silent mode in the case of the WebShield provider simply means that avast will keep pressing the "Abort connection" button for hte user automatically.
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