Author Topic: Quick scan and Full scan not running after June update on Win 10  (Read 1150 times)

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Offline tmoc001

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Is anyone else having issues with the virus scans running on Free version?
I have couple of computers that have stopped running the quick scan after the June update.

I can go to scan settings and see that I still have them scheduled but they will not run.  If computer is a sleep and misses the time it used to run as soon as woken up but now does nothing.

I have tried to repair and still does not fix it.

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Re: Quick scan and Full scan not running after June update on Win 10
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2020, 08:53:15 PM »
What Avast version number are you using, as the Quick Scan isn't displayed in the Virus Scans screen, but is in the Custom Scans if you created it.  Here you can set its actions, but I don't see anything in the advanced settings relating to run it when it comes out of sleep.

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If computer is a sleep and misses the time it used to run as soon as woken up but now does nothing.

Windows 10 Home 64bit/ Acer Aspire F15/ Intel Core i5 7200U 2.5GHz, 8GB DDR4 memory, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD/ avast! free 24.3.6108 (build 24.3.8975.762) UI 1.0.801/ Firefox, uBlock Origin, uMatrix/ MailWasher Pro/ Avast! Mobile Security

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Re: Quick scan and Full scan not running after June update on Win 10
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2020, 11:29:34 PM »
Previous versions ran quick scan daily for me.  If I had it set for 7am it would run.  It also would catch up if I turned on my laptop after 7am on that same day.  I have the quick scan settings in the customize. 

I have been using Avast Free for years and have never had an issue with the scans running until this latest update.

Right now I am on version 20.4.5312.578.

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Re: Quick scan and Full scan not running after June update on Win 10
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2020, 12:40:49 AM »
Unfortunately things change over time and this setting is no longer in the UI.

That said:
With a resident on-access antivirus like avast, the need for frequent on-demand scans is much depreciated. For the most part the on-demand scan is going to be scanning files that would be otherwise be dormant or inert. If they were active files then the on-access file system shield would be scanning them before being created, modified, opened or executed.

I used to have avast set to do a scheduled weekly Quick scan, set at a time and day that I know the computer will be on. But I have ceased this practice for some time now, based in the above.
Windows 10 Home 64bit/ Acer Aspire F15/ Intel Core i5 7200U 2.5GHz, 8GB DDR4 memory, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD/ avast! free 24.3.6108 (build 24.3.8975.762) UI 1.0.801/ Firefox, uBlock Origin, uMatrix/ MailWasher Pro/ Avast! Mobile Security