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Title: No safe mode scanning!!
Post by: jackuars on May 06, 2010, 03:44:58 PM
Well i love Avast.. ;D  :-*i use internet security 5..its damn fast and leaves only a tiny footprint :D..Inspite of all these cool features y not a safe mode scan featur :Pe...Well it would definitely be required for an instable computer. :-X.Hope its incorporated soon  ;) All other suites have it.. :'(
Also y lot of time scanning of mp3 files in custom scanning..Can mp3's be infected with viruses?

Guess i get a response soon.Thank u Avast team :-*
Title: Re: No safe mode scanning!!
Post by: Lisandro on May 06, 2010, 03:53:53 PM
The latest version of avast can scan in Safe Mode.
avast still can't do a boot time scanning in x64 systems.
Title: Re: No safe mode scanning!!
Post by: Asyn on May 06, 2010, 04:42:37 PM
Latest build here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=59223.0
Boot time scanning for 64bit systems should be implemented with the 5.1 version.
asyn
Title: Re: No safe mode scanning!!
Post by: Pondus on May 06, 2010, 05:23:16 PM
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Also y lot of time scanning of mp3 files in custom scanning..Can mp3's be infected with viruses?
MP3 (Bloat) Virus  http://www.hoaxkill.com/hoaxkill/viewhoaxcategory?hoaxid=1017&category=1&stylesheet=viewhoax.xsl
Title: Re: No safe mode scanning!!
Post by: doktornotor on May 09, 2010, 09:59:53 AM
Quote from: Pondus on May 06, 2010, 05:23:16 PM
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Also y lot of time scanning of mp3 files in custom scanning..Can mp3's be infected with viruses?
MP3 (Bloat) Virus  http://www.hoaxkill.com/hoaxkill/viewhoaxcategory?hoaxid=1017&category=1&stylesheet=viewhoax.xsl

This concept of "executable" is completely broken. The extensions do NOT matter, it's the contents of the file that matters. As a simple example, copy notepad.exe to infected.mp3, run the command prompt and type "start infected.mp3" there. Yeah, notepad is running now.

Title: Re: No safe mode scanning!!
Post by: Hermite15 on May 09, 2010, 12:21:04 PM
just like files don't need extensions in Linux to be recognized by the system...