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Offline farkpoint

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Location of test history on disk C: /
« on: October 24, 2018, 05:47:39 PM »
Hi, I would like to know where AVAST stores the history of the test, or how can I delete it?

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Re: Location of test history on disk C: /
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2018, 06:26:00 PM »

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Re: Location of test history on disk C: /
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2018, 07:37:26 PM »
I know where the test results history is in the AVAST application but I do not know how to delete the result from the program or from the disk so that it does not have to read the history you understand?

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Re: Location of test history on disk C: /
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2018, 08:46:35 PM »
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "the test results history" is the on-demand antivirus scan history ?

If so when creating a scan or using an existing one, you can customise the scan, so it doesn't create a report.

In the Scan Settings > Report File and uncheck the Generate report file.  That said if the report file isn't created I believe there would be no data to compile the Scan History. 

You could test this be deleting the report files from C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software\Avast\report, the report file has the default name of ScanName.txt, see attached images.
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Re: Location of test history on disk C: /
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2018, 12:55:26 PM »
I do not have a report set for any test, but how can I see the past tests in the history of the test? How to delete them? And two pictures are files I have there and can not be deleted.

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Re: Location of test history on disk C: /
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2018, 01:30:05 PM »
Have you tried the Maintenance section in Settings / General?

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Re: Location of test history on disk C: /
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2018, 02:10:41 PM »
Yes that's what I needed :-)
Thanks!