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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: hags1960 on December 15, 2008, 11:49:33 AM

Title: Scanning in Safe Mode
Post by: hags1960 on December 15, 2008, 11:49:33 AM

Hello all thanks for answering my first time post,my ? now is is it better to do a boot time scan at start up than a regular thourough scan.I heard maybe it is true or not u get better scans in safe mode is that true and why.?

Title: Re: Scanning in Safe Mode
Post by: Lisandro on December 15, 2008, 03:15:40 PM

The boot time scanning is as deep as the thorough into Windows.
I think you do not have to run it more than once each two months, for instance, if you have avast resident turned on all the time.