SWITCHING OFF ON-ACCESS SCANNER MESSAGES?

[oldman]

Thank you, I looked again and found I needed to uncheck 'Show detailed information on action performed' in the Internet Mail section.  Guess it being checked just there caused it to show scanning everywhere. Thanks for the help!!! 

DavidR is right, being checked in internet mail should only show what the mail scanner is scanning. Do you have a small mail scanner icon near the clock?

[shlew]

 
Whew! Am I happy I finally found the right forum. Those scanning messages were driving me nuts!
.........a short trip..........

[DavidR]

Whew! Am I happy I finally found the right forum. Those scanning messages were driving me nuts!
.........a short trip..........

Strange how infuriating they can be, which is why they are switched off by default

Have you been tweaking avast ?

[walkernr78]

I have to say... I just spent about an hour trying to figure out how to turn these messages off. Thanks for the info!

[Lisandro]

I have to say... I just spent about an hour trying to figure out how to turn these messages off. Thanks for the info!

I suppose you've got it...
You take one hour to discover the forum!
Welcome. Feel free to come back any time you need help you just to change experiences

[DavidR]

If nothing else you have found the forums where there is a wealth of information, so if you have a problem in the future you know where to come first.

Did you tweak avast as this is off by default ?

Welcome to the forums.

[walkernr78]

I'm not sure what happened. I was scanning my computer for spyware when avast popped up a virus alert. From there I updated avast, restarted my computer, and then the messages began to pop-up. So I started going thru all the menu's and help files... then I gave up and started searching the forums. I knew they were here. I just wasnt in the mood to to deal with looking it up in here. Bad idea I guess because it would have saved me alot of time.

[Lisandro]

I was scanning my computer for spyware when avast popped up a virus alert.

Wow... it's not a scanning info but a virus alert!

I suggest:

1. Disable System Restore and reenable it after step 3.
2. Clean your temporary files.
3. Schedule a boot time scanning with avast with archive scanning turned on.
4. Use AVG Antispyware; SUPERantispyware and/or Spyware Terminator to scan for spywares and trojans. If any infection is detected, better and safer is send the file to Quarantine than to simple delete than.
5. Test your machine with anti-rootkit applications. I suggest AVG or Trend Micro RootkitBuster.
6. Make a HijackThis log to post here or, better, submit the RunScanner log to to on-line analysis.
7. Immunize your system with SpywareBlaster or Windows Advanced Care.
8. Check if you have insecure applications with Secunia Software Inspector.

[DavidR]

I was scanning my computer for spyware when avast popped up a virus alert.

Wow... it's not a scanning info but a virus alert!

No the on access messages came after the virus alert.

I was scanning my computer for spyware when avast popped up a virus alert. From there I updated avast, restarted my computer, and then the messages began to pop-up.

So the secondary messages after an update and reboot I would say are distinctly different as walkernr78 having experienced the alert would recognise the difference. I assume that after disabling the Show detailed info... option no more messages (so not alerts).