Author Topic: Context Scan of folder create a "????" scan job, that cant be deleted  (Read 1405 times)

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Offline yoann06

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when using the explorer context menu to scan  a folder or a file,
Avast create a scan task with "????" as name ...
after you cant delete this task  ...

is this a bug ...?


I'm using avast free 2014.9.0.2008n under XP 32b SP3

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Re: Context Scan of folder create a "????" scan job, that cant be deleted
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2013, 06:52:08 AM »
when using the explorer context menu to scan  a folder or a file,
Avast create a scan task with "????" as name ...
after you cant delete this task  ...

is this a bug ...?

If you are referring to "????" appearing in the pull down list of scan types (Avast UI->Scan) then from memory this could occur when Avast 8 was updated to Avast 2014 from within the program. I think the link to it occurring after a context scan may just be circumstantial.

You could try a repair first, but if I remember correctly the best way to fix the issue is to uninstall the existing Avast,  clean up using the Avast cleanup tool, and do a new clean install.