| Section and Keys | Values | Notes and value description |
| [Languages] | avast! available for download in 30 Languages!!! | |
| 0402 | Bulgarian | avast! in Bulgarian |
| 0403 | Catalan | avast! in Catalan |
| 0404 | ChineseT | avast! in Tradicional Chinese |
| 0405 | Czech | avast! in Czech |
| 0406 | Danish | avast! in Danish |
| 0407 | German | avast! in German |
| 0408 | Greek | avast! in Greek |
| 0409 | English | avast! in English (default language) |
| 040A | Spanish | avast! in Spanish |
| 040B | Finnish | avast! in Finnish |
| 040C | French | avast! in French |
| 040E | Hungarian | avast! in Hungarian |
| 0410 | Italian | avast! in Italian |
| 0411 | Japanese | avast! in Japanese |
| 0412 | Korean | avast! in Korean |
| 0413 | Dutch | avast! in Dutch |
| 0414 | Norwegian | avast! in Norwegian |
| 0415 | Polish | avast! in Polish |
| 0416 | Portuguese | avast! in Portuguese (Brazil) |
| 0418 | Romanian | avast! in Romanian |
| 0419 | Russian | avast! in Russian |
| 041A | Croatian | avast! in Croatian |
| 041B | Slovak | avast! in Slovak |
| 041D | Swedish | avast! in Swedish |
| 041F | Turkish | avast! in Turkish |
| 0424 | Slovenian | avast! in Slovenian |
| 042F | Macedonian | avast! in Macedonian |
| 043E | Malay | avast! in Malay |
| 0804 | ChineseS | avast! in Simplified Chinese |
| 0816 | Portugal | avast! in Portuguese (Portugal) |
| 081A | Serbian | avast! in Serbian |
| Engine | 1046 | default: English |
| [Common] | ||
| ApprovedPerson | empty | Windows username (login) |
| ApprovedFirm | empty | Registered user company |
| ProductVersion | 4.7 | Your avast! main version |
| VersionLabel | May2007 | Your avast! main version date release |
| ThreadTerminationTimeout | 30000 | |
| Enterprise | empty | Windows Registered company |
| Database | SQTL | Since version 4.7.807 a new data storage (settings and databases) called SQLT is used by avast! New storage system has nothing to do with Microsoft MDAC/Jet whatsoever anymore (ODBC and XML). 8) |
| StorageMigratedOK | 1 | |
| Exclude | empty | Path(s) excluded from scanning separated by semicolon |
| VPSUpdate | Automatic | * Automatic, Ask or Manual |
| ProgramUpdate | Ask | * Automatic, Ask or Manual |
| NewsUpdate | Automatic | * Automatic, Ask or Manual. Control the dismiss of the iNews panel, with or without user interaction. |
| LoggingLevel | 5 | * Emergency=0/Alert=1/Critical error=2/Error=3/Warning=4/Notice=5/Info=6/Debug=7. Default Notice includes precedents Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error and Warning. |
| NetAlert | MAPIPROFILE:<your_MAPI_profile>&<password> | * Alerts: MAPI profile and password for sending alerts |
| ProxySettings | Autodetect | * Autodetect, HTTP or Socks4 |
| ProxyAddress | empty | |
| ProxyPort | empty | |
| LastLogonAccount | empty | |
| FilterMgr | 0 | Not supported yet! It does nothing right now. This feature will be used only in Longhorn (or Vista, or whatever the name of new version of Microsoft OS) to set the upper number limit of open connections in avast! providers. |
| ShowTxLogStuff | 0 | |
| LogEvents | 1 | |
| DefragmentDataFile | 1 | |
| VirusReportURL | form.php?name%s&virus%s | |
| MoveToFolder | empty | |
| LogMaxSize | 4096 | |
| NetAlert | empty | |
| LastChange | empty | |
| SMTPLog | empty | |
| SMTPLogTo | empty | |
| HideSimpleGui | ||
| HideEnhancedGui | ||
| HideResidentGui | ||
| HideChestGui | 0 | 0 is the default for Home version, 2 is the default for both Professional and Trial versions |
| DefTasksTimeStamp | ||
| LastINewsTimestamp | empty | The value is the result of the time() function, i.e. representes the number of seconds elapsed since midnight, January 1st, 1970 until the last News time. |
| LateServiceStart | empty | By default there wouldn't be an ini entry, only if you elect to delay the avast services until other system services have loaded. So it is an on or off option 0 (there would only be an entry in the ini file if you change it back in the program settings, to the default of unchecked) or 1 (delay loading of avast! services until after other system services). |
| UserModeScanning | 1 | Set 1 for troubleshooting (debugging) mode. Normal user should let it empty. |
| [Communication] | ||
| InformationTimeout | 300 | default: 5 x 60 |
| InformationPortAddress | 6000 | |
| ClientsListenPortAddress | 6011 | |
| ClientsListenPortAddressSSL | 6002 | |
| ClientsPushPortAddress | 6009 | |
| PopTimeout | 600 | default: 10 x 60 |
| PopTimeoutDiff | 300 | default: (PopTimeout / 2) |
| SynchroTimeout | 15 | |
| EmailChestFile_To | virus@avast.com | e-mail address where will be sent files from Chest to Alwil Software |
| ProblemEmail | support@avast.com | Support e-mail address |
| MaximumSendSize | 1024 | * Maximum size of file to be sent to Alwil Software in the e-mail attachment (in Kb) |
| SMTPServer | empty | * SMTP server address for sending alerts (and files from Chest to Alwil Software). #smtp.<your ISP provider address> |
| SMTPFrom | empty | * e-mail address (who sends the alerts) (and files from Chest to Alwil Software) |
| SMTPPort | 25 | * SMTP Port number for sending alerts (and files from Chest to Alwil Software) |
| SMTPUserName | empty | * User name for SMTP authentication, if needed to send alerts (and files from Chest to Alwil Software) |
| SMTPUserPassword | empty | * Password for SMTP authentication, if needed to send alerts (and files from Chest to Alwil Software) |
| ServerAddress | empty | |
| LastServerAddress | empty | |
| ChestServer | empty | |
| SendInfected | 0 | |
| InstallGUID | empty | |
| ForbidSetup | 0 | |
| SendResidentVirus | 1 | default in Home version |
| SendClientsVirus | 1 | default in Home version |
| CrashAttachmentEmail | setup-support@asw.cz | |
| [Server] | ||
| SelectTimeout | 2 | Timeout to select function in miliseconds. |
| MinimalCacheTime | 300 | default: 5 x 60 |
| StoreEvents | 31 | Time (days) to keep events in the server data file |
| ManageEngines30 | 0 | |
| FlushTimeout | 600 | default: 10 x 60 |
| StoreSessions | 7 | |
| EnginesOfflineTimeout | 300 | default: 5 x 60 |
| ClientsOfflineTimeout | 600 | default: 10 x 60 |
| Enterprise | empty | |
| iAVSTask | empty | |
| StatusCheckTimeout | 180 | default: 3 x 60 |
| CheckService | 10 | |
| OverwriteSettings | 30 | |
| ServerId | OBJID_SERVER | |
| [ODBC] | These settings are for avast! internal use only to communicate between its components. | |
| CompactNeeded | 0 | |
| DataSourceName | empty | |
| User | empty | |
| Password | empty | |
| Driver | empty | Default empty or Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb) |
| Attributes | DSN%1|DBQ%2.mdb| | |
| CREATE_DB | \"%2.mdb\"| | |
| COMPACT_DB | \"%2.mdb\" \"%2.mdb\" General| | MS SQL server section (Network version only) |
| DataSource | avast | Name of MS SQL instance |
| Catalog | avast | Name of database to be used from data source |
| UserId | as | |
| Password | empty | |
| DBCreated | 0 | |
| ObjectsCreated | 0 | |
| [Version30] | ||
| ListenPortAddress | 5313 | default: 5313. Port address on which the server will listen to version 3.0 clients messages. |
| RetrySend | 1 | default |
| RetryInterval | 1 | default |
| Engines | * | |
| ExceptEngines | empty | |
| ResultsTimeout | 10 | |
| BroadcastTimeout | 120 | default: 2 x 60 |
| MaxProcessThreads | 10 | |
| [UserInterface] | Enhanced User Interface (Professional Edition) | |
| Version | 4.7 | Major version information to be showed to the user. |
| Bitmaps | images | |
| GradientFont | Times New Roman | Font to be used on gradients |
| ErrorDlgTimeout | 10000 | |
| RespondTimeout | 30 | |
| EnableSkins | 0 | |
| RandomSkinChange | 0 | |
| StartWithSkin | 1 | Enable ActiveSkin (an 3rd party library used by avast for skinning). To disable skins (workaround mode), set it to 0. |
| ShowSplash | 1 | Corresponds to the settings Scroll session results in the Enhanced User Interface. It really doesn't have anything to do with splash screen when avast starts. To avoid the splash screen when starting avast!, you have to create your own shortcut and start the corresponding real application (ashSimple.exe or ashEnhcd.exe), instead of the splash (ashAvast.exe). |
| ShowSpecialTasks | 0 | Show special tasks (Explorer Extension, Screen-Saver, etc.) = 1; Do not show = 0 |
| SplashTestMemory | 1 | * Do not test memory at startup = 0; Test memory at startup = 1 |
| VPSWarn | 3628800 | default: (6 * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60) |
| VPSOld | 5184000 | default: (2 * 30 * 24 * 60 * 60) |
| UpdateLink | /i_idt_112.html | Homepage for updates |
| AutoDelete | -1 | Automatically delete sessions after (days): -1 means no auto delete |
| ResidentBalloonShown | 1 | Specifies whether the baloon tooltip, displayed only once right after you install avast!, was already displayed or not. Not display (yet) = 0) |
| ShellExtensionFileName | 1 | Displays the file name into the Context Menu of Windows Explorer. To hide the filename, use 0 |
| VRDBBalloonShown | 1 | |
| ShellExtensionIcon | 1 | If 0, will turn off displaying of the icon next to the avast item in the Explorer context menu; To show = 1 |
| ScrollResults | 1 | |
| BuyFormXXXX | /i_idt_173.html | Webform to buy avast! |
| HomePageXXXX | http://www.avast.com | Homepage of avast. |
| ProInfoXXXX | http://www.avast.com/i_idt_152.html | Webpage for Professional version info. |
| RegistrationFormXXXX | http://www.avast.com/i_kat_207.php?lang=ENG | Webform to register avast! |
| SkinsXXXX | http://www.avast.com/i_kat_71.html | Skins page. |
| SupportXXXX | support@avast.com | Support email. |
| UserForumXXXX | http://www.avast.com/forum | avast! users forum. |
| VirusMessage | empty | This entry is the actual message body that will be placed to the SMTP alert messages. The following placeholders can be used in the definition: /n breaks line %1 full path name of infected file %2 name of virus detected %3 name of the avast task that detected the infection %4 version of virus database (VPS file) %5 name of the computer where the infection was detected Example: Something wrong dude!\n\navast (VPS %4) found virus %2 in file %1 (using task %3)\n\nDo something dude!!! |
| [Simple] | Simple User Inferface Options | |
| ShowHelpCheckList | 0 | Shows the Help Check List at startup = 0; Hide = 1 |
| SkinUseLayeredWindows | 512 | * Use translucent effects = 512; Do not use = 0 |
| TimeOfLastScan | 0 | The value is the result of the time() function, i.e. representes the number of seconds elapsed since midnight, January 1st, 1970 until the last full scanning. |
| iNews_Days | 7 | Repeated value on [Splash] Section |
| ExactFontCharsetMatch | 0 | The value 1 means that the font will be replaced by a system one (Arial), with the correct charset. The characters will be displayed correctly – but the skin will look rather nasty, because the letters are way too big (that's why the custom – very narrow – font is included and the default value is set to 0. 8) |
| SpaceBetweenLines | 2 | |
| LineSpace | 2 | |
| NumberOfLines | 6 | |
| ToolTipTimeout | 550 | |
| FileRefreshTimer | 400 | |
| SkinUseLayeredWindows | 0 | |
| [Quick] | ashQuick Settings | |
| EnableSkins | 0 | * Enable skins for Explorer Extension = 1; Disable = 0 |
| InfectionExitApp | 0 | * Exit Explorer Extension when first infected file is found = 1; Do not exit = 0 |
| ShowResults | 0 | * Show Results of Explorer Extension (scan will be ended with a scan statistics window) = 1; Do not show = 0 |
| [InetWD] | Define which Internet connection do you have | |
| Sleep | 40000 | Default: 40000 (40 seconds) |
| UpdatePeriod | 360 | Time (minutes) for update checking. Any value lower than 30 minutes is ignored (both in Home and Profesional versions), i.e., in this case the default value 2 hours (240 minutes) is used instead. |
| UseRAS | 0 | If you have a dial-up = 1; If you have a permanent connection (DSL) = 0 |
| RASWaitSeconds | 15 | Number of seconds to update after a dial-up connection is made. |
| AssumeAlwaysConnected | 0 | If you have a dial-up = 0; If you have a permanent connection (DSL) = 1. In Home version default is 0. In Network Edition the default is 1. |
| AlwaysConnectedWaitSeconds | 30 | Number of seconds to wait before attempting to update. The default is 30 but it may not be enough in some DSL systems. In this case, you can try increasing this e.g. to 60 (1 minute). That should be enough. |
| [InetWDMirror] | ||
| PushDaemonEnabled | 1 | |
| PushDaemonPop3Server | empty | |
| PushDaemonPop3UserName | empty | |
| PushDaemonPop3Password | empty | |
| PushDaemonPop3Port | 110 | |
| PushDaemonDeleteMessages | 0 | |
| PushDaemonInterval | 3 | |
| [MailScanner] | Mail Protection | |
| DefaultSmtpServer | empty | Default SMTP server (Outbound). Replace smtp.server.com by the address of your SMTP server. The values marked as Default are used only when the login name set in the e-mail program does not contain any server address. If the login name for the POP server is, for example, John, the Mail scanner will download the e-mail from the server given by DefaultPopServer value. However, if the login name is John#pop3.server.com, it will connect to the server pop3.server.com and it will download the mail for the user John. The server address (and/or port number) can be entered as a dotted IP address (192.168.1.1) or as a DNS name (oursmtp.domain.com:25). |
| DefaultPopServer | empty | Default POP server (Inbound). |
| DefaultImapServer | empty | Default IMAP server (only if you are using IMAP server for incoming mail). |
| DefaultNntpServer | empty | Default NNTP server. |
| PopListen | 127.0.0.1:110 | If you have more than one POP application, configure local host:port number. Write the port number behind the : (colon) character. You can use just the port number: PopListen=:110. The default port numbers are 25 for SMTP, 110 for POP3 and 143 for IMAP. Items SmtpListen, PopListen and ImapListen specify the network interface on which the Mail scanner will accept connections. If you have more than one network card adapter in your computer, you can specify just one needed for the Mail scanner. |
| SmtpListen | 127.0.0.1:25 | If you have more than one SMTP application, configure local host:port number |
| ImapListen | 127.0.0.1:143 | See SmtpListen above. |
| NntpListen | 127.0.0.1:119 | See SmtpListen above. |
| UseDefaultSmtp | 0 | If you have more than one SMTP server = 0, in that case, the address of the SMTP server is taken from the login name set in the e-mail program (the address is separated by the character #). You can use the value 0 if your e-mail program supports SMTP authentication or need to set a different login name for SMTP than for POP; if you use just one SMTP server = 1, i.e., all e-mails will be sent using the server given by the DefaultSmtpServer value. You can use the value 1 if your e-mail program does not support SMTP authentication (logging in) or you cannot set a different login name for SMTP than for POP |
| AutoSetProtection | 1 | Protect new created e-mail account = 1; Do not protect = 0 |
| ShowTrayIcon | 0 | Shows an icon during e-mail process = 1; Hide icon = 0 |
| UseAlternateRtfSyncing | 1 | Another mechanism for inserting notes into the body of emails in Microsoft Outlook. RtfSyncing is concerned with Rich Text Format. In emails, the user typically save both Rich text (HTML) and plain form of message. When you modify one type of message, RTFSync is the right function to synchronize text of message to the second form. Disable = 0. |
| Log | 1 | Specifies the level of logging: disable log = 0; basic information (only initial loading info, errors and avast4.ini changes; default) = 1, all the communication data between the Mail scanner and mail servers = 20. Other values between 0 and 20 are not significant. Information is written into AswMaiSv.log file in Avast4\Data\LOG folder |
| PassThrough | 0 | Specifies the behavior of the Mail scanner in situations when the message cannot be tested: lets the messages pass through without testing = 1; does not allow any messages to pass through until the resident task is running or paused = 0; will not allow the mail program to connect to a mail Server = any other, different from 1 or 0 (you may encounter error messages from your e-mail program) |
| Trust | 127.0.0.1 | Specifies computers that are allowed to access the Mail scanner. Address can be defined by a dotted IP address or DNS name, separated by a comma. A group of IP addresses can be defined as well, in the form of ip-address/number-of-valid-bits. If the Trust item is left blank, it allows access from any address. If you set the Listen items in the form of: 127.0.0.1:Port, the Trust item has no effect, because only connections from the local address (127.0.0.1) are accepted |
| UseWSAAccept | empty | |
| StartPop | empty | |
| StartSmtp | 1 | The Start items make it possible to define the protocols that the Mail scanner will be able to protect. Value 1 means that the daemon for the particular protocol will be started and it will occupy the port determined by the value Listen. Using the value 0, it is possible to turn off checking the protocols you do not use. The mail scanner listens permanently because it doesn't know when the mail program begins to download mail. Using the value 0 or a firewall block you will be able to stealth the ports too. |
| StartPop | empty | See StartSmtp |
| StartImap | empty | See StartSmtp |
| StartNntp | empty | See StartSmtp |
| SmtpRedirectPort | 25 | avast! bounds (monitors) to the specific(s) port(s) listed here to scan Outbound messages. It does not hook on every connection and heuristic detects if this is a SMTP communication or not. For any change to become effective, restart the Internet Mail provider. Although, it supports multiple ports separated by commas and without blank spaces, for instance: SmtpRedirectPort=25,26 |
| PopRedirectPort | 110 | See SmtpRedirectPort above. |
| ImapRedirectPort | 143 | See SmtpRedirectPort above. |
| NntpRedirectPort | 143 | See SmtpRedirectPort above. |
| [MailScanner] | Mail Protection (continued) | |
| PatchBase64 | 1 | There seems to be a bug in Outlook Express, in particular in its Base64 decoder. If a text is aligned (in Base64 format) using the '=' characters (as it should be) and a new piece of text is appended (e.g. when a note is inserted into the incomming message), Outlook Express ignores the alignment - so the inserted part merges" with the previous message body, corrupting it. Using the value 1 sets avast! to append email notes in a different way and could troubleshoot this. |
| MaxConnections | 20 | The default concurrent connection limit is 20 (for mail & news together). If the limit was exceeded, you would see the line Closing connection due to MaxConnections into aswMaiSv.log file. This limit exists not to save resources, but to prevent connection looping in strange configurations, so the user can increase it without worry to, for instance, 50. The value 0 disables the limit. |
| TranslateAddress | 0 | The mail scanner performs reverse lookup of the mail server IP address to be able to display DNS name. So could be a delay because the email client (program) could take a longer time to log into the mail server. It usually could take more time to negotiate a connection then to download and scan the incoming messages. To disable this feature and increase avast! scanning, set the value to 0. |
| AutoRedirect | 1 | This is the automatic mail scanning that makes the configuration process easier. In fact, when the user does nothing but installs avast!, all mail trafic will be protected. There shoud be no double scan if the user have a spam killer because localhost connections are not scanned, i.e, the ones between the email program and the spam killer, unless these connections were explicitly configured. To switch off automatic mail scan, set 0, this should restore the old behavior (version 4.1) of the Mail protection and Mail Protection Wizard. The value AutoRedirect=0 just stops the catching of all outgoing connections. It does not stop the mail scanning service and you should be able to use it normaly as in version 4.1. To check if the avast! Mail Scanner service is running click CTRL+ALT+DEL or by the command: net stop "avast! Mail Scanner" |
| IgnoreLocalhost | 1 | This way avast! won't scan the connection to localhost. So whenever your mail client (or any application that scans and edits incoming mail on the local server) connects to 127.0.0.1 it should not be intercepted by avast!. This way, only connections leaving your computer would be scanned - that is when your local SMTP server pulls the mails from remote host. |
| IgnoreAddress | empty | To ingore scanning of a specific POP3 server (of one email account, for instance) the user should: In Windows 2k\XP: change this option to IgnoreAddress=<your smtp server IP address>, or switch off the transparent mail scanning alltogether and setup the other accounts through Internet Mail Wizard (AutoRedirect=0 option as above). In Windows 98\Me: the user should use the Mail Protection Wizard to remove the protection and then start the Wizard again, choose manual setup and select only the accounts that should be protected. |
| BurstTransfer | empty | Set 1 to avoid speed degradation of outbound email scanning (troubleshooting or debugging mode). Normal user should let it empty. More info: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=13678.0 |
| SendInBlockingMode | empty | Set 1 to avoid speed degradation of outbound email scanning (troubleshooting or debugging mode). Normal user should let it empty. More info: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=13678.0 |
| IgnoreProcess | empty | Internet Mail provider uses OptOut method of scanning, what means it scans mails from all processes except those listed here and those that are ignored internally. There is no way to include a process that is excluded in the VPS (internally). |
| Mail Scanner comments | To use and configure more than one application to use the ports 25, 110 and 143 of your computer (for instance, a spam killer). If you have installed another program that uses these ports as well, it is necessary to change the port values for one of them. In the case of Mail scanner, you can do this by setting the items SmtpListen, PopListen and ImapListen. For example: SmtpListen=127.0.0.1:26, PopListen=127.0.0.1:111, ImapListen=127.0.0.1:144. Consequently, it is necessary to set the same port values in your mail program. If you wish the Mail scanner to cooperate with this another SMTP/POP3/IMAP - proxy/server-type program that is installed on your computer, it is necessary to properly set the items DefaultSmtpServer, DefaultPopServer and DefaultImapServer. For example, if you want to configure your system so that the Mail scanner "sits between" your mail program and a spam killer running on the same computer, configure items Listen as above and add: DefaultSmtpServer=127.0.0.1:25, DefaultPopServer=127.0.0.1:110. Known problems: If your e-mail program does not support authentication (logging in) on SMTP server, or it cannot set a different login name for SMTP than for POP (e.g. Eudora), the Mail scanner will not be able to send your e-mails through multiple SMTP servers. In that case, use the UseDe-faultSmtp=1 setting; your e-mails will be sent through a single SMTP server only, just as in avast! version 4.0.235 and earlier. If the internet connection is too slow or the message being sent is too long, it is possible that the period your mail programs waits for the response, expires. A mail program that automatically disconnects after the times elapsed is not able to send such a message. This error will not be corrected, due to the characteristics of the SMTP protocol. It is necessary to set the interval to the highest possible value. When downloading a long message from a POP3 server, messages about timeout expiration should be eliminated. But it is still recommended to set this interval to the highest possible value, too. If your mail program downloads the message text and attachments separately from IMAP server (e.g. Eudora), no additional information will be put into the header or the text of the message. The checkbox "Insert note into clean message" on the "IMAP" page of the Internet Mail configuration will not work in that case. The Mail scanner does not support SSL (TLS) connections. | |
| [AAVM] | ||
| DefaultResTask | *DefTask0 | |
| CheckFloppies | 0 | * Check floppy disks in drive when logging off = 1; Do not check = 0 |
| CheckCDRom | 0 | * Check CD's in drive when logging off = 1; Do not check = 0 |
| CheckRemovables | 0 | * Check other removable media when logging off = 1; Do not check = 0 |
| SuppressUpdatedInfo | 1 | * Suppress the small blue info window (panel) in the notification area of your desktop on updating; Show it = 0 |
| SuppressUpdateErrorInfo | 1 | * Suppress update error message (not the update itself) = 1; Show it = 0 |
| SuppressExpirationWarning | 0 | |
| NeverShowInfo | 0 | |
| LogDiskChanges | 0 | |
| LogStart | 0 | |
| GradientStepMsg | 20 | |
| GradientStepInfo | 50 | |
| TagOpacity | 100 | Semi-transparent feature of avast! On-access scanner (if Internet Mail Provider is configured to "Show detailed info on performed action". The number represents a percentage: 100 is fully visible and 0 is fully transparent. A reboot may be required for the changes to take effect. |
| ShowTaskbarIcon | 1 | Show the main program system tray icon; Hide icon (suppress) = 0 |
| ShowVirusTag | 1 | Avoid the displaying virus advice (yellow/red layer that pops up when a virus is found); Show it = 1. A reboot may be required for the changes to become effective. |
| AnimateIcon | 1 | Avoid the spinning of the system tray avast! icon. |
| GracefulRpcShutdown | 1 | With Windows 9x this option could troubleshoot the shutdown problems. |
| EventLogAnalysed | 1 | |
| ShowChestInMenu | 0 | Set it to 1 to show a Chest entry into the context menu of the system tray icon. |
| [AAVM] | AAVM section (continued) | |
| Msg Group | This group of values to change the colors of the info messages were built by Igor (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=viewprofile;user=Igor) and will be supported only in the next build of avast (they are not supported right now (build 4.1.396), so we have to wait for the next program update). All the colors are entered as a number. If you have the color expressed as RGB, each component in the range 0..255, the formula for the color number is color = 65536*B + 256*G + R. In other words, the color is expressed as a decimal number whose hexadecimal representation is 00BBGGRR. Note: no checking is performed on the entered values, so using them is on your own risk. I believe that the worst that can happen is that you won't see anything (e.g. when using a black text on a black background), but I warned you. Unfortunatelly, it's not possible to test the colors anyhow (so you'll have to rely on your guesses). For the changes in the ini file to take effect, a reboot is required (or at least restart of ashDisp.exe on WinNT/2k/XP). If any of the values is not present in the ini file (which is the default), the default values are used by the pro-gram. | |
| MaxMessages | 10 | Number of lines of the messages. |
| ShowTime | 4 | Time (in seconds) of the duration of all the on-access scanner screen messages (email, News, Web Shield, Standard Shield, etc.)( |
| TagDontShowNextTime | 0 | |
| The values for the messages (e.g. the items displayed when Show detailed info on performed action) are described bellow: | ||
| MsgTitleBkgColor1 | empty | Initial color of the titlebar background |
| MsgTitleBkgColor2 | empty | Final color of the titlebar background (a gradient is formed: initial color... final color) |
| MsgTitleTextColor | empty | Color of the titlebar text |
| MsgInfoBkgColor | empty | Color of the message background (simple info message) |
| MsgInfoTextColor | empty | Color of the message text (simple info message) |
| MsgHighBkgColor | empty | Color of the message background (high priority message) |
| MsgHighTextColor | empty | Color of the message text (high priority message) |
| MsgFatalBkgColor | empty | Color of the message background (fatal error) |
| MsgFatalTextColor | empty | Color of the message text (fatal error) |
| MsgFontSize | empty | Font size for the usual messages |
| The values for the Info screens (e.g. the blue square saying that Program update is available) are described bellow: | ||
| InfoEmergencyTitleBkgColor1 | empty | Initial color of the background for emergency messages |
| InfoEmergencyTitleBkgColor2 | empty | Final color of the background for emergency messages |
| InfoEmergencyTextColor | empty | Text color for emergency messages |
| InfoNormalTitleBkgColor1 | empty | Initial color of the background for normal messages |
| InfoNormalTitleBkgColor2 | empty | Final color of the background for normal messages |
| InfoNormalTextColor | empty | Text color for normal messages |
| InfoTitleColor | empty | Title text color |
| InfoFontSize | empty | Font size for the Info screens |
| InfoTitleFontSize | empty | Font size for the Info screens titles An example: to set the titlebar text color of the Show detailed info on performed action messages to green, use MsgTitleTextColor=65280. When green is 000 255 000, the formula says color = 65536*B + 256*G + R = 65536*000 + 256*255 + 000 = 65280. So, for "pure colors" it's Red = 255, Green = 65280 and Blue = 16711680. Igor's default avast settings: after some digging in avast! sourceshere are the default values of the AAVM message colors. When I checked them, I discovered some errors in the "high priority" and "fatal" messages (the colors were read from an incorrect key) - it will be fixed in the next version. Note that the default colors may change in the future (unlikely, I'd say, but possible). MsgTitleBkgColor1: RGB(0, 84, 227) MsgTitleBkgColor2: RGB(61, 149, 255) MsgTitleTextColor: RGB(255, 255, 255) MsgInfoBkgColor: GetSysColor(COLOR_INFOBK) MsgInfoTextColor: GetSysColor(COLOR_INFOTEXT) MsgHighBkgColor: RGB(0, 0, 0) MsgHighTextColor: RGB(255, 255, 255) MsgFatalBkgColor: RGB(255, 255, 0) MsgFatalTextColor: RGB(255, 0, 0) InfoEmergencyTitleBkgColor1: RGB(200, 0, 0) InfoEmergencyTitleBkgColor2: RGB(255, 0, 0) InfoEmergencyTextColor: RGB(255, 255, 140) InfoNormalTitleBkgColor1: RGB(0, 84, 227) InfoNormalTitleBkgColor2: RGB(61, 149, 255) InfoNormalTextColor: RGB(160, 255, 255) InfoTitleColor: RGB(255, 255, 255) S.Z.Craftec’s example: MsgTitleBkgColor1=10240 (dark green) MsgTitleBkgColor2=65280 (green) MsgTitleTextColor=16777215 (white) MsgInfoBkgColor=11862015 (light yellow) MsgInfoTextColor=0 (black) MsgHighBkgColor=65535 (yellow) MsgHighTextColor=0 (black) MsgFatalBkgColor=255 (red) MsgFatalTextColor=16777215 (white) InfoEmergencyTitleBkgColor1=40 (dark red) InfoEmergencyTitleBkgColor2=255 (red) InfoEmergencyTextColor=16777215 (white) InfoNormalTitleBkgColor1=10240 (dark green) InfoNormalTitleBkgColor2=65280 (green) InfoNormalTextColor=16777215 (white) InfoTitleColor=65535 (yellow) More details here (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=5072). |
| [VRDB] | VRDB Settings | |
| MergeIcons | 0 | Merged VRDB and Main icon = 1; Splited (2 icons) = 0 |
| LastFile | empty | |
| FullComplete | empty | The value is the result of the time() function, i.e. representes the number of seconds elapsed since midnight, January 1st, 1970 until the end of VRDB generation |
| Disabled | 0 | Enable VRDB generation = 0; Disable VRDB generation = 1 |
| ScreenSaverOnly | 1 | Generate VRDB only when screen-saver is running = 1; Generate VRDB only when computer is idle = 0 |
| RunInterval | 30240 | Time in minutes between to runnings of VRDB. Default: 60 x 24 x 21 in minutes (21 days). |
| IdleMeansSeconds | 8 | |
| ShowTaskbarIcon | 1 | Show the VRDB system tray icon; Hide icon (suppress) = 0 |
| TagDontShowNextTime | 0 | |
| [Splash] | Splash Screen Options | |
| KeyUsage | 0 | If avast! is already registered = 1; if not (first run) = 0 |
| iNews_Days | 7 | Number of days on which avast! iNews will be displayed after release. Default = 7. Repeated on [Simple] section. |
| ApplicationChest | ashChest.exe | Default: ashChest.exe in Home version and aswChest.exe on the others. |
| ApplicationEnhanced | ashEnhanced.exe | Default: ashEnhanced.exe in Home version and aswEnhanced.exe on the others. |
| [iAVS] | Update (Conections) - Details Settings | |
| RunningMode | Silent | * Normal or Silent |
| Progress | 1 | * Show update progress = 1; Do not show = 0 |
| TrayIcon | 0 | * Show icon in task bar tray = 1; Do not show = 0 |
| AskReboot | 1 | * Ask for reboot when needed = 1; Do not ask = 0 |
| Push | 1 | * Enable Push iAVS (Professional Edition) = 1; Disable = 0 |
| AddInfo | 1 | * Add information about performed action into e-mail = 1; Do not add = 0 |
| [Scanner] | Decompression bomb protection. | |
| MaxFileSizeToExtract_Scanner | 500000 | The maximum size of the file extracted from an archive. If the file in the archive exceeds the value it will be skipped. Note: a message with such a file will be treated as mail bomb. Default means 500Mb. If the user do not declare the variables, default values will be used. Using 0 like their values, decompression bomb checking will be disabled. |
| MaxFileSizeToExtract_Resident | 100000 | The maximum size of the file extracted from an archive. If the file in the archive exceeds the value it will be skipped. Note: a file with such a file will be treated as file bomb. Default means 100Mb. If the user do not declare the variables, default values will be used. Using 0 like their values, decompression bomb checking will be disabled. |
| MaxFileSizeToExtract_Mail | 30000 | The maximum size of the file extracted from an archive. If the file in the archive exceeds the value it will be skipped. Note: a message with such a file will be treated as mail bomb. Default means 30Mb. If the user do not declare the variables, default values will be used. Using 0 like their values, decompression bomb checking will be disabled. |
| MaxCompressionRatio_Scanner | 90 | Maximum compression ratio, i.e., ratio of the unpacked file length to the length of the packed file in the archive. If the ratio exceeds the value, the file will not be extracted and therefore will not be checked. Note: a message with such a file will be treated as mail bomb. Default is 90%. If the user do not declare the variables, default values will be used. Using 0 like their values, decompression bomb checking will be disabled. |
| MaxCompressionRatio_Resident | 90 | Maximum compression ratio, i.e., ratio of the unpacked file length to the length of the packed file in the archive. If the ratio exceeds the value, the file will not be extracted and therefore will not be checked. Note: an archive with such a file will be treated as mail bomb. Default is 90%. If the user do not declare the variables, default values will be used. Using 0 like their values, decompression bomb checking will be disabled. |
| MaxCompressionRatio_Mail | 90 | Maximum compression ratio, i.e., ratio of the unpacked file length to the length of the packed file in the archive. If the ratio exceeds the value, the file will not be extracted and therefore will not be checked. Note: a message with such a file will be treated as mail bomb. Default is 90%. If the user do not declare the variables, default values will be used. Using 0 like their values, decompression bomb checking will be disabled. |
| CompressionCheckThreshold_Scanner | 10000 | Maximum file size inside archive, beginning from which the maximum compression ratio will be checked (if enabled by MaxCompressionRatio switch). Default means 10Mb. If the user do not declare the variables, default values will be used. Using 0 like their values, decompression bomb checking will be disabled. |
| CompressionCheckThreshold_Resident | 10000 | Maximum file size inside archive, beginning from which the maximum compression ratio will be checked (if enabled by MaxCompressionRatio switch). Default means 10Mb.If the user do not declare the variables, default values will be used. Using 0 like their values, decompression bomb checking will be disabled. |
| CompressionCheckThreshold_Mail | 10000 | Maximum file size inside archive, beginning from which the maximum compression ratio will be checked (if enabled by MaxCompressionRatio switch). Default means 10Mb. If the user do not declare the variables, default values will be used. Using 0 like their values, decompression bomb checking will be disabled. |
| [WebScanner] | ||
| AutoRedirect | 1 | |
| HttpRedirectPort | 80 | *Port number to monitors the HTTP traffic. |
| LoadIsapiFilters | 1 | |
| ISAPIFilter1 | ashWsFtr.dll | |
| IgnoreAddress | empty | |
| IgnoreLocalhost | 0 | |
| OptIn | 1 | The default value 1 means that the avast OptIn process is to be used and the unknown avast list and any extra user specified inclusions are to be scanned by the WebShield. The value Optin=0 means that that the WebShield will just scan all HTTP accesses by all processes. But, this way, for instance, WebShield will handle HTTP interface for fetching emails and if a virus is found, the WebShield virus dialog with the "Abort Connection" button won't work in this scenario. Clicking that button simply aborts downloading of the email (or all emails), even in the successive attempt to grab email (until WebShield is stopped, or the offending message is deleted from the server, possibly from another machine). That's why Alwil do not include mail clients to the default OptIn list. |
| OptinProcess | empty | |
| IgnoreProcess | avast.setup | |
| EnableLogging | 0 | Disable logging. Set 1 to enable. Restart WebShield provider (or whole computer in case of Win98). After troubleshooting, turn the logging off and restart WebShield otherwise the logs will grown indefinitely (they're not automatically deleted). Log files are: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Data\log\ashwebsv.ws and C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Data\log\ashwebsv.log. |
| ZoneAlarmCompatibility | 1 | Turns on the compatibility WebShield with ZoneAlarm Professional version, i.e., disable the web shield transparent proxy mode with ZoneAlarm firewall because the cookie blocking features of ZoneAlarm is being used. The default is 0 (the value even exist in the default avast4.ini file) in order to turn off the compatibility mode with ZoneAlarm, i.e., the user has ZoneAlarm free firewall and WebShield works transparently. WebShield should be restarted (or whole computer in case of Win98) if this value is manually changed in avast4.ini file. |
| ModifyVistaSocketAutoTuning | 1 | The current version of ZoneAlarm has a bug in Vista that is causing 1 second delay for each new connection (if avast! WebShield is active). So, this will indeed (subjectively) slow down browsing a lot. This is perfectly reproducible in Alwil lab. They have tried to contact ZA team many times. As usual, they never really acknowledged the problem (even though we clearly showed that the problem is not limited to the WebShield scenario). Changing the setting to 0 could help ZA users. |
| IgnoreLSP | empty | Used for troubleshooting blocked connections due to an interaction between the dll (name of the dll as the value of this entry) and WebShield provider. On Windows 98 or Me you'll need a boot. On 2k\Xp\Vista, maybe just restart the WebShield provider. |
| [Chest] | ||
| MaxSize | 256 | Limit of the Chest in Mb. The computer must be restarted for any changes in the limit to take effect (at least on WinNT/2000/XP). |
| [AntiRootkit] | ||
| Exceptions | <path> | Path of the files to be excluded from the rootkit scanner. |
| WaitOnStart | 480 | Time in seconds to compare processes and discover malicious hidden ones. |
| [SelfDefense] | ||
| ShowMoreInfo | 1 | |
| SelfDefenseEnabled | 1 | |
| IniChangeConsentProcesses | Notepad.exe | Processes allowed to change avast4.ini file. Separate values with commas (without space, e.g., IniChangeConsentProcesses=notepad.exe,youreditor1.exe,youreditor2.exe |
| [Admin] | ||
| Reboot | Ask | Ask, No or Auto*/. In Auto, number means timeout in seconds to reboot machine |
| SvcAccount | ||
| ScheduleBoottimeScan | 0 | |
| [Admin.upd] | ||
| [WWWAccess] | ||
| ScreenWidth | 800 | |
| [SQL] | ||
| [WHS] | ||
| StartClient | 1 | Set if avast (on the workstation) should initialize the WHS communication layer (for the communication with the WHS) or not. By default, the value is 1 (i.e., it does initialize it, if the WHS connector is installed on the machine). Sometimes, for troubleshooting purposes, it may be useful to set it to 0. |
| ScreenWidth | All other entries in the section are either local data (a cache or so) or a "log" that something actually happened (e.g., that the firewall rules have been created). So, these settings are not really useful because they're "read-only" (changing them don't make any sense). | |
Section and Keys Values Notes and value description [InetWD] Define which Internet connection do you have UpdatePeriod 360 Time (minutes) for update checking UseRAS 1 If you have a dial-up = 1; If you have a permanent connection (DSL) = 0 AssumeAlwaysConnected 0 If you have a dial-up = 0; If you have a permanent connection (DSL) = 1 AlwaysConnectedWaitSeconds 30 Number of seconds to wait before attempting to update. The default is 30 but it may not be enough in some DSL systems. In this case, you can try increasing this e.g. to 60 (1 minute). That should be enough.
Dear Technical just thought you might like to know that when I increased my wait time to 60, it resolved all of my issues with some of the icons not showing up in the system tray. Thanks for doing such an excellent job. :)
Oh, the excellent job was made by Alwil Software...
I just compile the informations posted in the forums.
Hello!
After some digging in avast! sourceshere are the default values of the AAVM message colors. When I checked them, I discovered some errors in the "high priority" and "fatal" messages (the colors were read from an incorrect key) - it will be fixed in the next version.
Note that the default colors may change in the future (unlikely, I'd say, but possible).
MsgTitleBkgColor1: RGB(0, 84, 227)
MsgTitleBkgColor2: RGB(61, 149, 255)
MsgTitleTextColor: RGB(255, 255, 255)
MsgInfoBkgColor: GetSysColor(COLOR_INFOBK)
MsgInfoTextColor: GetSysColor(COLOR_INFOTEXT)
MsgHighBkgColor: RGB(0, 0, 0)
MsgHighTextColor: RGB(255, 255, 255)
MsgFatalBkgColor: RGB(255, 255, 0)
MsgFatalTextColor: RGB(255, 0, 0)
InfoEmergencyTitleBkgColor1: RGB(200, 0, 0)
InfoEmergencyTitleBkgColor2: RGB(255, 0, 0)
InfoEmergencyTextColor: RGB(255, 255, 140)
InfoNormalTitleBkgColor1: RGB(0, 84, 227)
InfoNormalTitleBkgColor2: RGB(61, 149, 255)
InfoNormalTextColor: RGB(160, 255, 255)
InfoTitleColor: RGB(255, 255, 255)
Hi Technical,
Section and Keys Values Notes and value description [VRDB] VRDB Settings MergeIcons 1 Merged VRDB and Main icon = 1; Splited (2 icons) = 0 LastFile FullComplete 1066508931 Time of the end of VRDB generation Disabled 0 Enable VRDB generation = 0; Disable VRDB generation = 1 ScreenSaverOnly 0 Generate VRDB only when screen-saver is running = 1; Generate VRDB only when computer is idle = 0 RunInterval 30240 Time in minutes between to runnings of VRDB (default = 21 days = 60*24*21)
I'd raised the question about interval between VRDB updates a while back, and you answered me briefly there and also steered me here.
The "RunInterval" line isn't in my ini (4-Home) -- do I simply add a new line for it? And if so, does it matter where in that VRDB "paragraph" it goes, relative to the lines already there?
Thanks and best,
Mike
still needed in 4.5 now that it uses "a low-level network filtering driver" ??
I've got problems connecting to my IMAP server and am suspecting that Avast listening on port 143 gets in the way ... ??
SuppressUpdatedInfo=1
it's nice but it suppress the sounds too , right ?
i will not listen the wave after the update process
Why don't you change the port listened?
For instance:
ImapListen=127.0.0.1:144
ImapRedirectPort=144
You can disable the IMAP scanning into the Internet Mail provider or MS Outlook plugin...
Anyway, if you really want to disable the resident protection virus popups (and I'm not saying it's a good idea), put the following line into the [AAVM] section of your avast4.ini file:
ShowVirusTag=0
add this
ShowVirusTag 1
Avoid the displaying virus advice (yellow/red layer that pops up when a virus is found); Show it = 1. A reboot may be required for the changes to become effective.
Sleepand [InetWD]
RASWaitSeconds
It breaked my AEC apart. Now even those features that have left are not working anymore. So i gave up.
Now almost all were removed. So i was unable to detect current/default settings since there is no entries. For example AAVM section is now gone,but was there in avast! 4.1
Now almost all were removed. So i was unable to detect current/default settings since there is no entries. For example AAVM section is now gone,but was there in avast! 4.1
This occurs very often... A lot of settings (the default ones) are not on the default avast4.ini file (clean installation).
But, my question is where avast reads the default values when they're not written on the avast4.ini file? ::)
But, I could not configure - and I think it won't be possible - avast to scan a outbound mail encripted to be sent through a SSL connection.
[gmail-smtps]
accept=127.0.0.1:11025
connect=smtp.gmail.com:587
protocol=smtpI'm not sure that "protocol=smtp" is really usefull (?)[MailScanner]
Log=20
ShowTrayIcon=1
AutoSetProtection=0
PassThrough=1
Trust=127.0.0.1
AutoRedirect=1
StartSmtp=1
StartPop=1
StartImap=1
StartNntp=1
PopRedirectPort=110,11110
SmtpRedirectPort=25,11025
ImapRedirectPort=143
NntpRedirectPort=119
IgnoreLocalhost=0
IgnoreAddress=
You've wrote that in the Opt-out mode Web Shield filters all outgoing traffic from all processes. Were you trying to say inbound?
In the Opt-in mode users must add the process or they won't be scanned. Is it right?
In the Opt-in mode the user must add the process if it is not already known to avast. So, there is no need to add iexplore.exe or mozilla.exe
On the other hand there is currently no way of determing the list of known process names. Should we add the functionality for this?If it is just to know, it will not be really usefull (except in case of debugging : it could be usefull, at least on avast.com). But if we could change them...
Technical, as I remember correctly your setup - you are using proxy on localhost and have altered the redirected port in webshield's config - so now webshield scans the traffic between your browser and your proxy? Am I right? In your setup it is only the browser whose connections are scanned - either the new Opt-in or the old Opt-out, both should work.
Another config to only set by edit the avast4.ini file... :(hence the Thread name!
Lukas, I agree and understand.
What we ask is a tab with all 'advanced' options and a reset buttom to the default ones.
Can anybody from Alwil or an avast user teach me how to programm and external application (GUI) for reading/writting the avast4.ini file?
I've already pondered about writting this kind of "advanced configuration" app for these kind of settings - but I don't think Vlk would like to integrate such an huge advanced settings tab into the main avast's gui
And translating it into all languages whenever some ini setting is changed.
Well, why not an standalone application like RejZor's one?
The standalone application could be only in English.
Under "common" section I don't find this line.Ok, you won't find it and a lot of others ;D
Does this option run on XP? And it is supported or not actually? Thanks for your response. ;DSorry Kamulko... You should ask the programmers... Igor or pk could say something about... ::)
Can someone explain to me what is this for exactly? And if this is available for Web Shield...
The default concurrent connection limit is 20 (for mail & news together). If the limit was exceeded, you would see the line Closing connection due to MaxConnections into aswMaiSv.log file. This limit exists not to save resources, but to prevent connection looping in strange configurations, so the user can increase it without worry to, for instance, 50. The value 0 disables the limit.I think you've understood it...: how many simultaneous connections can this module create(use).
For example if you're using a Network Tweak for Firefox that can boost over 100 simulataneous connections for extreme page loading speed,but Web Shield might be blocking it from using full potential... If i understand correctly ???Yes, you seem to be right... WebShield could do it if I understood its behavior correctly ::)
kamulko: it's not supported yet - i asked Tech to remove that key from the list, but it doesnt matter... it'll be supported for longhorn, when official beta will be released (not earlier, if standard shild works very well, it doesnt make sense why we should change that)...What key?
For example if you're using a Network Tweak for Firefox that can boost over 100 simulataneous connections for extreme page loading speed,but Web Shield might be blocking it from using full potential... If i understand correctly ???Yes, you seem to be right... WebShield could do it if I understood its behavior correctly ::)
sorry, FilterMgr keyDo you mean this setting should be at the [WebScanner] section or are you referring to the one that already exists into [Common] section?
100 is normal imo. XP SP2 can handle only 9 of them! Ofcourse if the OS is not patched :P
Hello! What about answering my question here? Thanks.sorry, FilterMgr keyDo you mean this setting should be at the [WebScanner] section or are you referring to the one that already exists into [Common] section?
Ok,i think it's really 10 yeah. eMule uses limiter with value 9 so it doesn't use all of them... my mistake...
Hello! What about answering my question here? Thanks.Hello pk! :-[ :'( :-\ :( ::)
I believe PK was trying to say that the FilterMgr key in Common section is not yet supported (it doesn't do anything) - it's prepared for Longhorn (or Vista, or whatever the name of that thing will be).Thanks Igor. I'll post it there :)
There's no FilterMgr key in other sections (WebShield, or any other).
How i have to do it in this file at section "MailScanner", if i have some more then one e-mail-accounts in thebat?I never used TheBat and so the avast! plugin for it.
The file (avast4.ini) is in the Data subdirectory of avast! installation folder. If you can't see it, you may have Windows Explorer set to hide known file extensions.
Copy avast4.ini to a different folder, that way if you stuff up you have a backup which you can copy back. It is just a text file, use notbook or you text editor of choice to make the edit.
The only one i can find now is avast4.ini configuration settings.Which is the correct one, .ini files are configuration files (how the program is configured).
Thanks if i ever do a change I will follow your advice .If you don't then you lose the additional protection of the Web Shied provider, it really isn't that difficult to edit.
I have added it to the avast4.ini now that i know where it is. ;)Did you test it? Does the counter of the scanning objects increase when you browse? ::) ???
I have added it to the avast4.ini now that i know where it is. ;)Did you test it? Does the counter of the scanning objects increase when you browse? ::) ???
I added it to avast4.ini but it didn't change the counter when i browsed.Can you post your avast4.ini file here? Or, if you prefer, send it to me by IM for analysis.
The value is in kB.
How do I change the related settings with decompression bombs and whether I should really change it?Manually add the corresponding section and values, like stated in the first post of this thread.
Pffffffffff,
why doesn't work my on access demand?
It probably has something to do with changing my database in XML, because it is since then that it has a 'Stop'sign
By the way, nothing ODBC to be seen there in avast4.ini , it was SQLT, but I changed it anyway.
Since my on access didn't work after that, I uninstalled it, and downloaded the latest version.
My database is now again SQLT, my virusscan works, but still no on acces demand.
Please Help !!!!!
Are there any way of editing the ini file to make the resident protection actually clean the infected files that it finds instead of just reporting to me that it found an infected file? Coz I'm getting sorta pissed off that after a 2 hour of scanning & cleaning out Brontok from my system that the damn virus can still continue to infect my system thru my network connection & the resident protection just reports that it detected an infected file but just leaves it there & does nothing about cleaning it.Better, like David said, is looking in other thread.
1) Disable System Restore on Windows XP
Done this.
2) Clean your temporary files.
Done this.
3) Schedule a boot time scanning with avast. Start avast! > Right click the skin > Schedule a boot-time scanning. Select for scanning archives. Boot.
Trying this now, will reply when it finishes.
4) Use a-squared or ewido (trojan removers).
Will try this if number 3 fails to get the job done.
[InetWD] Define which Internet connection do you have Sleep 40000 Default: 40000 (40 seconds) UpdatePeriod 360 Time (minutes) for update checking. Any value lower than 30 minutes is ignored (both in Home and Profesional versions), i.e., in this case the default value 2 hours (240 minutes) is used instead. UseRAS 0 If you have a dial-up = 1; If you have a permanent connection (DSL) = 0 RASWaitSeconds 15 AssumeAlwaysConnected 0 If you have a dial-up = 0; If you have a permanent connection (DSL) = 1. In Home version default is 0. In Network Edition the default is 1. AlwaysConnectedWaitSeconds 30 Number of seconds to wait before attempting to update. The default is 30 but it may not be enough in some DSL systems. In this case, you can try increasing this e.g. to 60 (1 minute). That should be enough.
So if I want Avast! Home to stop updating every time I turn my PC back on in a day, I would use create "UpdatePeriod" field and then set its value at 1440 (24 hours) ???Yes.
What do the following items mean?Igor, please, don't pretend you're not looking at this one ;D
Section [InetWD]
1. Sleep (Default: 40000 (40 seconds))
Section [UserInterface]
1. ErrorDlgTimeout (Default: 10000)
2. RespondTimeout (Default: 30)
3. VRDBBalloonShown (Default: 1)
4. ScrollResults (Default: 1)
Section [AAVM]
1. SuppressExpirationWarning (Default: 0)
2. NeverShowInfo (Default: 0)
3. LogDiskChanges (Default: 0)
4. LogStart (Default: 0)
5. GradientStepMsg (Default: 20)
6. GradientStepInfo (Default: 50)
7. EventLogAnalysed (Default: 1)
Which are the values for the old [ODBC] section that are still working?
Thanks for the one which have patience to fill up this ;)
or r u asking someone particular? ???I'm asking to Alwil team programmers...
Section [InetWD]Very useful to ones that are paranoid about pings...
1. Sleep (Default: 40000 (40 seconds))
- The interval of pinging the updating servers (to detect internet connection)
3. VRDBBalloonShown (Default: 1)I thought there was another setting for this one...
- specifies whether the initial VRDB baloon (shown once after the installation) was already shown
5. GradientStepMsg (Default: 20)Hmmm... I won't be able to discover who told me about that settings...
6. GradientStepInfo (Default: 50)
- didn't find any "GradientStepMsg" or "GradientStepInfo" occurrence, only "GradientStep", which has something to do with the color gradient of avast! info messages
7. EventLogAnalysed (Default: 1)I'll remove them from the available settings.
- not used anymore
Which are the values for the old [ODBC] section that are still working?
- none, I guess
The three week interval is there for a good reason. ... Having said that I do a manual Generation of the VRDB every other week...Looks like you think along my lines.
If you still choose to do it, the VRDB RunInterval information is in page 2 of this TopicI have opened avast4.ini in notepad ,and the example you directed me to does not show there. Literally, "RunInterval" does not appear anywhere, under [VRDB] or anywhere else, in my avast4.ini file.
I have opened avast4.ini in notepad ,and the example you directed me to does not show there. Literally, "RunInterval" does not appear anywhere, under [VRDB] or anywhere else, in my avast4.ini file.It's ok. When the option is not there, you should (could) add it.
It's ok. When the option is not there, you should (could) add it.Great! So I can add the line: "RunInterval 10080" if I desire a one week VRDB update, correct?
So I can add the line: "RunInterval 10080" if I desire a one week VRDB update, correct?Yes.
And what is your opinion on update intervals? Three weeks? Two? One?Do you install software frequently? If so, three is better.
Would it not be more logical if the different sections of the ini fileI fully agree, even the entries themselves.
where set up in alphabetical order?
It sure would make maintenance and changes a lot easier. :)
I'll need to bit my tongue... my big tongue... they came here...Wait sit down... they won't do it...QuoteAnyway, you can do it any time you want.I'll leave it to Alwil... :) :)
there's no way to reorder the sectionsYou mean automatically... manually they can be sorted...
which is probably rather useless).Well, at least will make easier the reading/finding like Bob said before...
Is it possible to download, somewhere, the avast.ini file example?http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=1647.msg64903#msg64903
What's a rootkit?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit
I need to add this entry to the avast4.ini file, so I simply add the corresponding lines as I need the ? ???If you do not add that line it will be considered automatically.
When I ran my Avast scan, I found that I had 3 decompression bombs. I was able to "repair", but it would not let me "delete". What should I do?
Thank you. I am on Rel 4.8 as it appears to be the latest free version but I will henceforth ignore this facility.No, the latest is 5.0.418 version.
just had my free AVAST upgraded and now, everytime it upgrades or stops a virus, it tells me so. How can I turn that off please? I go into the Status and hit 'silent/gaming mode', but that only turns her voice off for a little while, and it's annoying, especially if your sound is turned up. thank you.Please, start a new thread for your specific issue.
Please tell me how to start a new thread. I'm an aging grandma and don't quite have the brainspeed that you techies have. thanks.