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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Joe_1957 on May 05, 2004, 07:36:53 AM

Title: New User of Avast Home, couple ?'s
Post by: Joe_1957 on May 05, 2004, 07:36:53 AM

I've looked around, the answers are  probably right in front of my face and I can't see them. :-[

I read a thread regarding timing of scans. It appears that with Pro you can set it to scan at a certain time, but with Home you cannnot. Is that correct?

What about updates? Can one set Home to look for updates every X number of days? If one can't, what is the default? I can't find it. I don't really like having an AV program and not knowing when it's updating. :(


Joe Fisher
Teacher, K-8
Kalispell, MT

Title: Re:New User of Avast Home, couple ?'s
Post by: igor on May 05, 2004, 09:49:09 AM

Yes, the Pro version includes the scheduler - you can "program" given task to be run at given date/time. In the Home version, it is possible to simulate this feature to some extent using the Windows Scheduler - there was some info (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3796;start=msg27225#msg27225) on this forum.

For the updates, I would suggest to check the FAQ page (http://www.avast.com/i_kat_314.html) - look for the text How does the update service work.

Title: Re:New User of Avast Home, couple ?'s
Post by: Joe_1957 on May 06, 2004, 02:49:01 AM

Thank you for the reply. I found out the update answer right after I postedy question. :-[

It says it checks every 4 hours.

Joe Fisher
Teacher, K-8
Marion, MT