Avast Home - Storing scan results

[birka1]

I was checking the Avast program to find a log of scan results. Have the Home Ed. of Avast 4.5
Couldn't find one.

Is it related to the section in Help, where it says
                                                    

Storing the scan results   Home-NO         Pro-YES
 
or am I looking in the wrong place ??

Have always had a log to refer to after a scan,  and feel this should be part of any AV
Free of Purchased.


Appreciate clarification !!

[Eddy]

Home vs Pro

And have a look in \Avast\data\log  (as well as in the settings section)

[Lisandro]

I was checking the Avast program to find a log of scan results. Have the Home Ed. of Avast 4.5
Have always had a log to refer to after a scan,  and feel this should be part of any AV Free of Purchased.

Well, we can't say that anything should be a part of the free antivirus.
They can or could do or add a feature but you can't force them too. Remeber it's a free antivirus.
There is a report and logs for the Home (free) version. But you cannot work with the results (rescan, repair, save, etc.).

[birka1]

posted by Technical

Well, we can't say that anything should be a part of the free antivirus.
They can or could do or add a feature but you can't force them too. Remeber it's a free antivirus.
There is a report and logs for the Home (free) version. But you cannot work with the results (rescan, repair, save, etc.).

Thanks for the reply.
No you can't force somebody to do something, but that's not the point. The point for me is that I have a scanlog.   You make a point out of it being FREE.  I have had other AV's that were free, and had this option.

Posted by Eddy

And have a look in \Avast\data\log   (as well as in the settings section)

Have checked the whole Avast program including the Avast\data\log and the info I want isn't there.  The settings if you mean the pulldown(pullup) in Avast can't be accessed, as they are greyed out. Or am I looking in the wrong area here ?


Thanks for the info.  

[Lisandro]

I have had other AV's that were free, and had this option.

And a lot of others are missing... Tons of others...
Avast free is the major competitor of Avast Pro in my opinion 
Too good to be truth 
Anyway, it's your right, like any user, to ask for one more (or new) feature 

Have checked the whole Avast program including the Avast\data\log and the info I want isn't there.  The settings if you mean the pulldown(pullup) in Avast can't be accessed, as they are greyed out. Or am I looking in the wrong area here ?

Look into avast Log viwer to see the 'errors'.
Look at the *.txt files into the \report folder to find the 'scan results'.

[birka1]

posted by Technical

And a lot of others are missing... Tons of others...
Avast free is the major competitor of Avast Pro in my opinion 
Too good to be truth 
Anyway, it's your right, like any user, to ask for one more (or new) feature

I guess we could debate this stuff all day. I respect your opinion, and I myself find the Avast Program terrific. Very thorough, many features, ease of use. I would still like to see this feature in the Free ed.   

Look into avast Log viwer to see the 'errors'.
Look at the *.txt files into the \report folder to find the 'scan results'.

Will do.....

Thank you for your help !! 

[Vlk]

You need to enable generation of scan report in program settings first.
The Professional Edition gives you more comprehensive overview of all the tests performed in the past as well as easy ways to manage the test results (infected and untestable files etc).

Cheers
Vlk

[DavidR]

What is it that you are trying to get out of a log of scanned results?

There is a temporary report displayed directly after a scan, this will (as far as I am aware) display results depending on your settings. Does that not meet your needs?

If we know exactly what information it is that you are we may be able to point to something.

[birka1]

posted by Vlk
You need to enable generation of scan report in program settings first.
The Professional Edition gives you more comprehensive overview of all the tests performed in the past as well as easy ways to manage the test results (infected and untestable files etc).

Cheers
Vlk

Thanks for the info.

posted by DavidR

There is a temporary report displayed directly after a scan, this will (as far as I am aware) display results depending on your settings. Does that not meet your needs?

Yes I have seen this temporary report, but I also think I have found what I'm looking for in these.


C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\rep
Simple user interface.txt

Thanks for your help !!