gate1975mlm wrote
Am I the onlyone here with this little problem?
You don't have to feel like the lone ranger
I've got the same exact thing.
I really didn't notice this because
I have never scanned an icon on the desktop or in the programs list before this since I have only used the context menu to scan Window Explorer items which works just fine.
BUT EVEN IF I HAD NOTICED THIS I WOULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT THIS WAS OKAY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE FOR THE PURPOSE TO SCAN BOTH THE ICON AND THE EXECTABLE, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW...
But since this appears to be a problem, here's what I found that maybe will help the techies figure this out
The first list for Avast on the context menu appears to be the "exectable", the second appears to be the name of the icon where it will have the "ink" extent.
Example: When right clicking on the Outlook Express icon I get:
Scan msimn.exe as the first entry
Scan Outlook Express.ink as the second entry (name of the icon)
When I click on a program I know what the executable is I get the same thing. The top one says: Scan USERID.exe and the bottom one says Scan My Passwords.ink (which is the name of the icon)
What is interesing however is this
When I scan on a zipped file I get this:
Scan WINZIP32.EXE (on the first one)
Scan data1.cab.ink (the name of the icon again)The first one is the zip program which I guess is still consistent with being the exectable program
since it is a zipped file.
But what's even more interesting is when I get the context menu for the
ms-dos prompt icon
THERE IS NOT PROBLEM because I
only get ONE scan selection choice where it says: Scan MS-DOS Prompt.pif, I suppose this still maybe consistent in that it is not an "exectable program" maybe
But atleast this shortcut menu is okay. So it
ONLY happens with EXECTABLE program
ICONS (I say ICONS since this does
NOT happen WITH WINDOWS EXPLORER ENTRIES !!! (SEE FURTHER)
I hope this all helps...
As I said
I have only scanned files in Windows Explorer which does not have this problem so I hadn't noticed this before.
Btw, I have a QUESTON for gate1975mlm If you right click on a file in Window Explorer you don't get BOTH ENTRIES for Avast Scan DO YOU ? So two Avast entries in the list only
occurs when you right click on an icon in the desktop or in the Programs menu list, right ?
Don't ask for pictures because I don't know how to do that since I can't seem to trap the short cut menu since when I click on "Alt/Print Screen" the context menu (shortcut list) goes away and I don't get it included in the picture. I have no idea how you guys do it