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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: TimN on September 06, 2003, 02:47:11 PM

Title: Can Avast be set to autoscan?
Post by: TimN on September 06, 2003, 02:47:11 PM

Can Avast4 free bet set to automatically run a scan at a given time or every so many days?

Title: Re:Can Avast be set to autoscan?
Post by: igor on September 06, 2003, 02:50:24 PM

In Professional version, it's possible - any task can be scheduled.
In the Home version, you may be able to do it using the standard Windows Scheduler...

Title: Re:Can Avast be set to autoscan?
Post by: TimN on September 06, 2003, 02:56:47 PM

Ah. Nice idea. I'll try it

Title: Re:Can Avast be set to autoscan?
Post by: TimN on September 06, 2003, 04:06:37 PM

If I use Windows Scheduler is there a particular file I should run that will actually perform the scan rather than just start up avast?

Title: Re:Can Avast be set to autoscan?
Post by: Vlk on September 06, 2003, 04:42:46 PM

You can use ashQuick.exe .
E.g.

ashQuick.exe C:\

would (surprisingly) scan disk C:.

Vlk

Title: Re:Can Avast be set to autoscan?
Post by: TimN on September 06, 2003, 07:57:50 PM

It works. :)

For those interested Windows Scheduler must be set up to run exactly this

"C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashQuick.exe" C:\

note the C:\ outside the quotation marks to scan drive C