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Title: How do I schedule a weekly scan in avast! free home edition? Newbie question.
Post by: GadgetGuru72 on October 16, 2004, 01:21:59 AM

Hi, newbie here, so please forgive the potentially stupid question.

I cannot seem to figure out how to schedule avast! to run a full scan on a weekly basis.  I would like to schedule it to run a full, thorough scan every Friday night at 8pm.  However, I cannot figure out how to do this.

Your help is much appreciated.  Thank you.

Title: Re:How do I schedule a weekly scan in avast! free home edition? Newbie question
Post by: techie101 on October 16, 2004, 02:35:55 AM

Unfortunately, this is not possible in the Avast Home version.

Title: Re:How do I schedule a weekly scan in avast! free home edition?
Post by: Eddy on October 16, 2004, 08:15:13 AM

Use the taskscheduler in Windows.

Title: Re:How do I schedule a weekly scan in avast! free home edition? Newbie question
Post by: arnous on October 16, 2004, 06:12:23 PM

and wich program to launch?

Title: Re:How do I schedule a weekly scan in avast! free home edition?
Post by: Eddy on October 16, 2004, 06:49:55 PM

You can use ashCmd for it. You can find the commands and switches for it in Avast's manual.

Title: Re:How do I schedule a weekly scan in avast! free home edition?
Post by: Lisandro on October 16, 2004, 09:15:40 PM

Eddy, ashCmd.exe is only for Professional version... and there, you can schedule with easy by the GUI.
You can make a link to ashQuick.exe but you don't have parameters to be set.
Well, as we say a lot of times, scheduling is for Professional version. Windows Tasks won't solve the entire problem.  ;)

Title: Re:How do I schedule a weekly scan in avast! free home edition? Newbie question
Post by: Eddy on October 16, 2004, 09:28:11 PM

Yup, you are right Technical. While you where posting your message I already was busy correcting it.

There is a way to shedule a scan with the Home version. Info on how to do it can be found HERE (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3796).

Anyway it is a good reason to buy the Pro version :D

Title: Re:How do I schedule a weekly scan in avast! free home edition? Newbie question
Post by: Lisandro on October 16, 2004, 09:40:34 PM

Quote from: Eddy on October 16, 2004, 09:28:11 PM

There is a way to shedule a scan with the Home version. Info on how to do it can be found HERE (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3796).

Indeed, a very good explanation about what can be done in Home version...  ;)

Title: Re:How do I schedule a weekly scan in avast! free home edition? Newbie question
Post by: techie101 on October 16, 2004, 10:39:17 PM

Yes, it indeed works.

I just finished trying it, but a bit too long and complicated for most users.