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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: kornmancam on May 28, 2004, 07:19:28 PM

Title: Resident scanner doesn't work
Post by: kornmancam on May 28, 2004, 07:19:28 PM

Avast works well, but since I've had it I wondered how it can prevent virus's from getting on my computer without a program running at all times, then I read the help file and found out there is supposed to be a small icon in the taskbar, and there isn't. If you know how to fix it or if you have the same problem please help. I have windows XP

Title: Re:Resident scanner doesn't work
Post by: RejZoR on May 28, 2004, 07:42:30 PM

Hello and welcome to forums :)

First try to download first file (file: eicar.com) from this page:
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

If you get avast! warning than the scan engine is working,but there is no icon in treybar. Oh and this is not a real virus,just a test file to check if antivirus is working properly.

Title: Re:Resident scanner doesn't work
Post by: Lisandro on May 29, 2004, 12:00:41 AM

Quote from: kornmancam on May 28, 2004, 07:19:28 PM

there is supposed to be a small icon in the taskbar, and there isn't. If you know how to fix it or if you have the same problem please help. I have windows XP

Do you have any other antivirus installed in your system?
Did you boot after installation?

If you click CRTL-ALT-DEL simultaneously, did you see ashDisp.exe running?