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Title: MBR question
Post by: Zoart666 on November 27, 2017, 09:21:43 PM

Hello,

This question may have been asked before, but I can't seem to find any recent answer about it. And I don't exactly know if this is the right forum to post this in.

When you scan with avast, will it also scan the MBR ; boot-sector and/or GPT?

Title: Re: MBR question
Post by: Pondus on November 27, 2017, 10:35:44 PM

Unless something has changed avast does a rootkit scan 8 min after startup

Title: Re: MBR question
Post by: Zoart666 on November 28, 2017, 07:30:15 AM

Quote from: Pondus on November 27, 2017, 10:35:44 PM

Unless something has changed avast does a rootkit scan 8 min after startup

So a full scan or boot scan will also scan for root kits and viruses in the boot sector?

Title: Re: MBR question
Post by: Asyn on November 28, 2017, 08:02:59 AM

Quote from: Zoart666 on November 28, 2017, 07:30:15 AM

Quote from: Pondus on November 27, 2017, 10:35:44 PM

Unless something has changed avast does a rootkit scan 8 min after startup

So a full scan or boot scan will also scan for root kits and viruses in the boot sector?

If you use the default settings, yes.

Title: Re: MBR question
Post by: Zoart666 on November 28, 2017, 10:07:30 AM

Quote from: Asyn on November 28, 2017, 08:02:59 AM

Quote from: Zoart666 on November 28, 2017, 07:30:15 AM

Quote from: Pondus on November 27, 2017, 10:35:44 PM

Unless something has changed avast does a rootkit scan 8 min after startup

So a full scan or boot scan will also scan for root kits and viruses in the boot sector?

If you use the default settings, yes.

Perfect! Thank you

Title: Re: MBR question
Post by: Asyn on November 28, 2017, 10:10:23 AM

You're welcome.