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jimb11
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Scanning master boot record
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December 28, 2017, 06:38:05 PM »
Does a smart scan or any scan for that matter scan the master boot record? If so is there a setting that you have to enable?
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Re: Scanning master boot record
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December 28, 2017, 06:47:30 PM »
unless something has changed, avast does a rootkit scan 8min after startup
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jimb11
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Re: Scanning master boot record
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December 28, 2017, 07:06:51 PM »
Thanks Pondus, so if I enable rootkit scan in any scan it will scan the master boot record?
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